BOUTON v. BYERS

No. 109,026.

321 P.3d 780 (2014)

50 Kan. App. 2d 34

Ellen Byers BOUTON, Appellant, v. Walter BYERS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

March 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin G. Maxon , of Maxon Law Office, of Topeka, for appellant.

Norbert C. Marek, Jr. , of Westmoreland, and Russ Roe , of Wakefield, for appellee.

Before POWELL, P.J., ATCHESON, J., and ERNEST L. JOHNSON, District Judge Retired, assigned.


ATCHESON, J.

This case revolves around a disputed million-dollar promise between father and daughter. Plaintiff Ellen Byers Bouton has appealed on the grounds the Pottawatomie County District Court precipitately entered summary judgment, improperly cutting short her action for equitable relief on the broken promise. We agree. The district court erred in dismissing the promissory estoppel claim Bouton brought against Defendant Walter Byers, her father, for breaching...

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