Abel & Sons Concrete, LLC v. Juhnke

NAHMIAS, Justice.

This appeal stems from a dispute over equipment owned by Tri-State Concrete Contracting, an unincorporated sole proprietorship. Abel Ramirez worked at Tri-State, and when its proprietor, DuWayne Juhnke, died, Ramirez entered an agreement with Mr. Juhnke’s wife, Joyce Juhnke, to continue operating Tri-State and to make payments to purchase Tri-State and its equipment.

After making some payments, Ramirez stopped, opened Abel & Sons Concrete, LLC, and started doing Tri-State’s jobs with TriState’s equipment without paying for the use of that equipment. In response, Mrs. Juhnke…