Division of Parks, Department of Conservation v. Hines

CULLEN, Commissioner.

A. B. Hines recovered judgment in the sum of $10,000, on a jury verdict, against the Division of Parks of the Department of Conservation of Kentucky, as damages for breach of contract. The Division has appealed.

In March 1956, Hines entered into a written contract with the Division of Parks, under which he was given the privilege of operating a horseback riding concession in Dewey Lake State Park. The contract did not specify any term, but it provided that it could be cancelled by either party by written notice at the close of the operating season (testified as being from…