J. H. Teasdale Commission Co. v. Keckler
J. H. Teasdale Commission Co. v. Keckler
Opinion of the Court
This case is resubmitted upon a rehearing. The original opinion is reported in 84 Neb. 116. The statement of the facts deemed by the commissioner to be essential to a proper understanding of the case is contained in the opinion, and is correct. But, upon a re-examination of the record, we are persuaded that, in a limited number of instances, the statement is hardly complete. On the trial the defendant testified that in the conversation had with Thatcher over the telephone on the 8d day of December, the day after the receipt of the card-bid, he stated to Thatcher that he wouid fill the bid provided he could obtain the necessary cars in which to ship the grain. Thatcher admitted the fact of the conversation, but claims, and testified, that the acceptance by defendant was unconditional. The evidence is clear, and the fact undisputed, that the Missouri Pacific railroad is the only one operating through Manley, where defendant had his grain, and his place of business; that the railroad company did not furnish a sufficient number of cars to meet the demands of shippers, and that that condition had existed for some time prior to the receipt of the card-bid and the
Objection is made to the instructions given by the court. We have carefully examined them, and are persuaded that there was no prejudicial error in giving those submitted to the jury, nor in'refusing those asked by plaintiff. ■ It could subserve no good purpose to set them out here. Those given are believed to be correct statements of the law, and fairly coA^ered all the issues of the case.
As we view the case, it rested upon the question of the veracity of the witnesses. That whole subject was for the jury. Their verdict in favor of defendant was a finding-in his favor upon the controlling questions in the case. If it were true that the original agreement was made to rest upon the condition named and no change was made therein, that the condition failed, that defendant gave plaintiff notice of his (defendant’s) reliance upon the terms of the contract, the verdict was right. The jury being the triers of the facts, with sufficient evidence to support defendant’s theory, their verdict ought to be considered as final, and the judgment should not have been reversed.
The former decision is therefore vacated, and the judgment of the district court is affirmed.
Judgment accordingly.
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