Reed v. Gavin

UDALL, Vice Chief Justice.

In an action for breach of contract plaintiff Reed appeals from a directed verdict granted in favor of defendant Gavin at the close of plaintiff’s case.

The facts, construed as they must be in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, Mackey v. Blakely Oil, 77 Ariz. 169, 268 P.2d 674 (1954), are as follows. Defendant Gavin, whose insurance business prior to 1956 consisted primarily of writing bonds, desired to expand his operations to include “other lines of insurance.” To this end in January of 1956 he invited the plaintiff to associate with him in the insurance…