Roddy v. Hill Packing Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

This was an action to recover money for breach of an oral contract.

Material allegations in the petition are as follows: The defendant orally proposed to plaintiff, who was the owner of a Ford truck and semitrailer and the holder of KCC and ICC permits for trucking operations between Harveyville, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., that if he would purchase a White Motor Company truck or tractor and would equip his semitrailer with special equipment required for proper transportation of aged and decrepit horses,' the defendant would enter into a…