NOME COMMERCIAL CO. v. NAT. BANK OF ALASKA

Nos. S-6980, S-7320.

948 P.2d 443 (1997)

NOME COMMERCIAL COMPANY, an Alaska corporation, S. Wayne Brown, and Carrol A. Brown, Appellants, v. NATIONAL BANK OF ALASKA, a national banking association, Appellee. NOME COMMERCIAL COMPANY, an Alaska corporation, S. Wayne Brown, and Carrol A. Brown, Appellants, v. Vickey HIGASHI, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gregory Higashi, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied January 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy R. Byrnes, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin LLC, Anchorage, for Appellants.

David Floerchinger, Deirdre D. Ford, DeLisio, Moran, Geraghty & Zobel, Anchorage, for Appellee National Bank of Alaska.

C.R. Kennelly, Stepovich, Kennelly & Stepovich, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellee Vickey Higashi.

Before COMPTON, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH and FABE, JJ.


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

In 1989 the Browns and the Higashis entered into an agreement concerning the Browns' liquor store. The Browns contend it was a management agreement; Vickey Higashi alleges it was a sales agreement. All the documentary evidence supports the Browns' position, including sworn statements by the Higashis. We reverse the superior court's denial of the Browns' motion for directed verdict, because no reasonable...

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