Jones v. Estate of Cole

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

SCOTT M. MATHESON, JR., Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from a dispute over majority ownership of a Kansas corporation, Product Development Group, Inc. (“PDG”). The parties agree there was a purchase agreement and a bill of sale for Lynn Cole to buy 52% of PDG stock from Gomer Jones, but they dispute whether the stock was transferred to Mr. Cole. We agree with the district court that equitable estoppel prevents Mr. Jones’s estate from contesting Mr. Cole’s ownership. We also affirm the district court’s denial of a new trial motion. The district court exercised diversity…