First National Bank of Louisville v. Brooks Farms

OPINION

REID, Chief Justice.

This case presents appeals by the manufacturer and the dealer/seller of Harve-store agricultural feed storage facilities from judgments on jury verdicts for damages in favor of dairy farmers who purchased the facilities from the dealer. For the reasons hereinafter stated, the judgment against the manufacturer is affirmed, and the judgment against the seller is reversed.

In response to a suit by the First National Bank of Louisville against Brooks Farms, the dairy farmers, for the balance due on a contract for the lease-purchase of the Harvestore silos, Brooks Farms…