PANKRATZ FARMS, INC. v. PANKRATZ

No. 02-707.

95 P.3d 671 (2004)

2004 MT 180

322 Mont. 133

PANKRATZ FARMS, INC., Plaintiff, Counter-Defendant, Respondent and Cross-Appellant, v. Marvin PANKRATZ, Defendant, Counter-Claimant, and Appellant. Marvin Pankratz, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Pankratz Brothers, a Montana Partnership; Pankratz Grain, a Montana Partnership; Pankratz Trucking, a Montana Partnership; Pankratz Farms, Inc., a Montana Corporation; David Pankratz; Donald Pankratz; Kenneth Pankratz; And James Pankratz, Defendants, Respondents and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided July 13, 2004.

Rehearing Denied August 18, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: John J. Oitzinger; Helena, Montana; Peter O. Maltese, Sidney, Montana.

For Respondents: K. Dale Schwanke, Jardine, Stephenson, Blewitt & Weaver, Great Falls, Montana.


Justice JIM RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 This case concerns a dispute between the partners and shareholders in a family farming and ranching operation conducted under the names of Pankratz Farms, Inc. (the "Corporation"), Pankratz Brothers (the "Partnership"), and Pankratz Grain ("Grain").

¶ 2 On May 15, 1998, the Corporation initiated an action against Marvin Pankratz ("Marvin"), seeking...

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