Lake City Flouring-Mill Co. v. McVean
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Wabasha county, refusing a new trial, after trial by Start., J, a jury being waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Gilfillan, C. J.1
Plaintiff was engaged in operating a flour-mill at Lake City. Defendant was a commission merchant and warehouseman, engaged in buying and selling grain at Maiden Eock, Wisconsin. In May and June, 18811, plaintiff delivered to defendant the sum of $1,500, in consideration of which, and of a commission of three-cents a bushel for purchasing, defendant agreed to buy for plaintiff,, with said money, good, sound wheat, none of it damp or musty, at the market price at Maiden Eock, and store the wheat in his warehouse, and there deliver it to plaintiff on boat or barge. Of the wheat…
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