Mueller v. Staples & Son Fruit Co.

—The appellant, Staples & Son Fruit Co., Inc., appeals from a jury verdict finding it liable to the respondents, Loren and Aurelia Mueller, for breach of an oral contract.

*167The respondents, Mr. and Mrs. Mueller (Mueller), operate a fruit ranch near Yakima, Washington. Staples & Son Fruit Co., Inc. (Staples) is a Washington corporation doing business as a commission merchant. In August 1976, Mueller contacted Staples concerning the sale of his 1976 apple crop. An oral contract resulted, the terms of which were in conflict at trial.

Mueller maintains he instructed Staples to sell the apples on his…