Lawrence v. Merrick

DUNCAN, Justice.

This action arises from an oral contract entered into between appellant Lawrence and appellee Merrick.

Both parties admit that by the terms of the contract Merrick was to take possession of ten head of Lawrence’s cattle, provide their feed and receive 25 cents per pound for weight gained during the time they remained in Merrick’s possession.

The parties are in sharp disagreement concerning the period of time the cattle were to remain in appellee’s possession and the type of feed they were to receive during that period. Lawrence insists that they were to be kept for only a period…