Kuhns v. New Farmers Grain Co.
Kuhns v. New Farmers Grain Co.
Concurring Opinion
I concur in the views expressed in the dissenting opinion of 'SMITH, P. J.
Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff is a farmer; the defendant a corporation engaged in the purchase of grain. Plaintiff brought this action alleging that he had sold defendant a certain number of bushels of wheat, at a stated price for such as graded No. I and at another- stated price for such as graded No. 2; and further alleging that defendant had failed Lo pay some $500 of the agreed purchase price. Defendant admitted the purchase of the wheat; admitted the -number of bushels of each grade of wheat and the price to be paid for each grade — except that it alleged that it was part of the agreement that, if such wheat was subject to dockage for smut, then there should be deducted from the agreed price of each grade the sum of $.25 per bushel; and alleged that said wheat proved to be smutty .md that it had made proper deductions for smut and had paid plaintiff in full for the wheat. Trial was had to the -court without a jury. The court found that plaintiff sold the number of bushels of wheat alleged; that, by the terms of the contract entered into, plaintiff was entitled to receive a -certain named- sum; that he had received the amount confessedly paid; and that there was still due him the sum of $208.20. The court' concluded that plaintiff was entitled
The judgment and order appealed from are affirmed.
Dissenting Opinion
(dissenting). The answer in this case admits that the plaintiff sold and delivered to the defendant the quantity of wheat alleged in the complaint. It further admits that defendant agreed to pay plaintiff the price alleged in the complaint for so much thereof as should grade No. 1 Northern and be free from smut and other foreign substances, and that for wheat containing smut and other foreign substances and subject to dock-age he agreed to pay plaintiff a sum equal to 25 cents per bushel below the agreed price of said wheat, graded at Minneapolis. The answer then alleges that a large percentage of the wheat delivered to plaintiff pursuant to said agreement contained smut or other foreign substances and did not grade No. 1 Northern, and that prior to the commencement of this action the defendant paid plaintiff the sum of $5,415 for.said wheat, in full settlement of the amount due under the terms of said purchase, and that the same was received and accepted by plaintiff in full settlement for the purchase price of said wheat. The answer, therefore, in substance and effect, pleads nothing more than an accord and satisfaction for, and settlement and payment of, the
I concur in the view that the findings are insufficient for the reason that they leave wholly undertermined the only issue presented by the pleadings. The first specification of error, being one of the specifications referred to in the first assignment of error, is that “the court failed to find any of the material facts in the case,” seems to me sufficient to present this question.
The judgment and order of the trial court should be reversed.
Reference
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- KUHNS v. NEW FARMERS GRAIN COMPANY
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