HAYNES v. MONSON

No. 44390.

224 N.W.2d 482 (1974)

Paul E. HAYNES and Alma O. Haynes, d.b.a. Haynes Bookkeeping and Tax Service, Appellants, v. Gerhard A. MONSON, et al., d.b.a. Monson Preeshl Helstad Shoup & Associates, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Johnson, Red Wing, for appellants.

C. Stanley McMahon, Winona, for respondents.

Heard before MacLAUGHLIN, YETKA and SCOTT, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


SCOTT, Justice.

In this action for breach of contract, plaintiffs appeal from a summary judgment dismissing their action, but preserving for trial defendants' counterclaim for breach of a covenant not to compete. We affirm.

Plaintiffs entered into a contract for the sale of Haynes Bookkeeping and Tax Service in Austin, Minnesota, on March 18, 1970. The total purchase price agreed upon was to be $20,000, with $3...

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