Linn v. Marshall
Linn v. Marshall
Opinion of the Court
This is an action to recover $175, the purchase price of a potato picker which plaintiff alleged he sold and delivered to defendant. In an answer to the petition defendant denied that he made the purchase. The action was defended on the theory that the minds of the parties never met on a contract of sale or on terms of purchase, defendant pleading in effect that negotiations on his part went no further than an offer to order the latest improved type of potato picker sold by plaintiff after a successful demonstration with an implement of the same make in the soil in which defendant raised potatoes, a test never made. Upon a trial of the issues the jury rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the full amount of his claim with interest — $192.95. Defendant appealed.
The controlling question for review is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain. the verdict in favor of plaintiff. The record shows that the evidence would sustain a finding in favor of defendant, who testified frankly to facts showing his understanding that the negotiations did not result in a contract of sale, but the jury believed testimony of a different import. It is clear both parties understood that plaintiff did not warrant the potato picker to work and that defendant was anxious to get one that would pick potatoes in his fields. The record contains evidence tend
Affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Gus Linn v. Arthur R. Marshall
- Status
- Published