Geist v. Schultz

Defendant had a verdict, and plaintiff appeals from the order denying his motion in the alternative for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial.

The short facts on which recovery was based are as follows: Plaintiff is in the business of shipping and selling on commission hogs and stock for farmers tributary to Belle Plaine, Minnesota. As his counsel states:

“He would solicit farmers that their hogs be delivered to him and he would sell the same, usually at South St. Paul, and after deducting the sum of fifty cents per hundred weight shipped, which included commissions, freight, and…