Mobile Fruit & Trading Co. v. Potter
Supreme Court of Minnesota
• Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover 1197.51 with interest, as the balance of the price of a car of bananas sold by defendant on plaintiff’s account. The case was tried before Elliott, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for |209.02; and from a judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
The here material -allegations of the complaint are, in effect,, these:
The plaintiff is engaged in the handling and shipping of bananas at Mobile, Alabama, and the defendant is a jobber and broker for (he sale of fruit at Minneapolis. On June 30, 1898, the plaintiff was the owner of a certain car load of bananas, consisting of 425 bunches, then in transit by rail from Mobile to some northern market for sale. The plaintiff then employed defendant as its agent to sell the bananas in transit at Minneapolis, the same to be delivered to purchasers as of the date of shipment free on board cars, *488Mobi…
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