[DOWNLOAD] "In the Matter of Bessette" by Supreme Court of Montana * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: In the Matter of Bessette
- Author : Supreme Court of Montana
- Release Date : January 30, 1976
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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Plaintiff, Northwest Potato Sales, Inc., a family corporation owned by the Martin McCullough family, and dealing primarily in the buying and selling of potatoes, appeals an order of the Powell County District Court dismissing its claim against the defendant, Charles Beck, for damages claimed as a result of an alleged failure by Beck to honor a contract to sell seed potatoes to Northwest Potato Sales. The trial court held that the alleged agreement was barred by the statute of frauds because Beck, although he had received the written contract containing the necessary terms, had not signed it. Although McCullough raised estoppel as a bar to Becks reliance on the statute of frauds, and presented evidence on this issue, the trial court, in a memorandum opinion accompanying its findings and conclusions, but with no analysis of the evidence, and no attempt to apply the elements of estoppel to that evidence, held that the plaintiff failed to establish the requisite elements of estoppel. We reverse and hold that McCullough proved estoppel as a matter of law.