Milton E. Dam and Everett S. Dam, Co-Partners Doing Business Under the Firm Name and Style of Dam Brothers v. General Electric Company, a Corporation

STEPHENS, Chief Judge.

Milton and Everett Dam appeal from a motion for summary judgment granted in favor of General Electric Company by Judge Sam M. Driver in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

The Dam Brothers brought suit against General Electric alleging that General Electric had breached an oral contract made with the Dam Brothers in 1913, whereby it was agreed that these two parties would exploit the Priest Rapids area on the Columbia River in the state of Washington. The plaintiffs, Dam Brothers, were interested in the Priest Rapids area for an…