Denniston & Partridge Co. v. Romp

This litigation results from an unsuccessful venture in private enterprise by tbe defendants R. G. Romp and ■Victor Nigro. Romp was a resident of Des Moines and Nigro of tbe state of • Pennsylvania. Nigro was a reputed expert in tbe cultivation and sale of mushrooms. He became acquainted with Romp and they conceived tbe idea of entering the business of growing these edible fungi in the vicinity of Des Moines.

Bomp bad known tbe defendant Marquis for some years. He was purchasing bis borne from ber under a contract. Sbe was tbe owner of land on East Fourteenth Street, apparently outside but not…