Sheppard v. Smith

Plaintiffs filed this action in ejectment and for damages for breach of a lease. Defendants denied that they had breached the lease and counterclaimed for damages for plaintiffs’ breach of a right of first refusal to purchase land and for intentional interference with contractual relations. Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment for defendants on those counterclaims and awarding defendants attorney fees.

Plaintiffs are partners doing business as Alpen Dorf. In September, 1982, the Alpen Dorf partners were Don and Pauline Sheppard, Heber and Doris Hunt and Robert and Doris McClay. Together they…