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1. The Defendant’s KRW 100,000,000 to the Plaintiffs, as well as 5% per annum from May 18, 2017 to June 20, 2018.
Reasons
1. Facts of recognition;
A. 1) The Defendant, with the trade name “E”, operated a franchise business on coffee specialty F, etc., and G was working as the head office at the headquarters “E.” 2) Upon introduction by G, the Plaintiffs entered into a franchise agreement with the Defendant and the H (hereinafter “H”) on March 12, 2015, with respect to the Defendant and the H (hereinafter “H”) on March 24, 2015, respectively, on the part of the H stores (hereinafter “I”); and, in addition, “each of the instant franchise stores”).
3) On April 27, 2015, the Plaintiffs opened a general restaurant business on May 11, 2015, and registered the general restaurant business under Plaintiff A and three other names. (B) Each of the instant franchise stores, including the Plaintiffs and the Defendant, sold coffee as a coffee store, and was given guidance from a public official in charge of the Maritime Affairs and Daegu Office around June 2015, to the effect that they did not sell coffee at H stores, a general restaurant.
2) The Plaintiffs demanded the Defendant to return expenses incurred in commencing the business of each of the instant franchise stores on the ground that such administrative guidance was different from the content promised by the Defendant at the beginning. In proposing the business partnership to the Plaintiffs on July 4, 2015, the Defendant’s business partnership between the Plaintiffs and the Defendant on July 4, 2015 (hereinafter “instant business partnership”).
) and F Conventions are drawn up. The instant business partnership and F Conventions are sealed respectively by the Defendant’s seal and the Plaintiff A and B’s seal, but no seal or seal is affixed in addition to the name of Plaintiff C. 3) The instant business partnership are set out as follows:
(1) In proceeding with the Franchising in the future, it is agreed to divide all profits, excluding franchise expenses, into 6:4 (Article 1), and (2) all decisions necessary for franchise business shall be 5:5 to the representative of E and the plaintiffs, and there is no joint agreement.