Oliver Farm Equipment Co. v. Foster

*655The opinion of the court was delivered by

Sloan, J.:

This was an action to recover on an oral agreement. The plaintiff prevailed, and the defendants appeal.

The action was originally brought by the appellee and Andrew Tucker. The appellee is the successor in ownership of all the assets of the Hart-Parr Company, and assumed its liabilities. The defendants, Charles E. Foster and A. M. Bates, were copartners doing business under the firm name of Foster & Bates. The Lough Development Company owned a large tract of irrigated lands in Scott county devoted, in part, to the raising of potatoes. The…