Warder & Lee Elevator, Inc. v. Britten

McCORMICK, Justice.

The question in this action for breach of an oral contract to sell grain is whether the trial court erred in holding defendant’s statute of frauds defense under the Uniform Commercial Code was defeated by promissory estoppel. We affirm the trial court.

This case was tried to the court at law. The trial court’s findings of fact have the effect of a special verdict and we examine the evidence in the light most favorable to the judgment. We are not bound by trial court determinations of law. Kurtenbach v. TeKippe, 260 N.W.2d 53, 54-55 (Iowa 1977).

Plaintiff Warder & Lee…