Ford v. Canton

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon a directed verdict and a special verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Kenneth Canton, and against defendants, Richard Ford, G. Reynolds Brabner III, and Bay Area Office Supply Equipment, Inc. ("Bay Area") in plaintiff's action for breach of an option agreement and note. Defendants' motion for a new trial or, in the alternative for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, was granted in part so as to reduce the award of attorney fees but denied in all other respects. We reverse and remand.

The pertinent facts of this case are as follows. The defendants…