Schnirring v. Stubbe

Olsen, C.-

Appeal by defendants from an order denying their alternative motion for judgment or a new trial.

In June and July, 1926, John Muntean, a farmer living in Dodge county, had negotiations with plaintiff, a dealer in farm machinery in Mower county, for the purchase of a McCormick threshing machine. Muntean had, prior thereto, given an order for a Case machine to another dealer, and his negotiations were tentative and on the basis that he could not make a deal unless he first obtained a cancelation or release of the order given to the other dealer. On or about July 17, 1926, plaintiff had…