French v. Tri-Continental Leasing Co.

This bench-tried action arose out of a contract to lease a dairy herd. Plaintiff has had judgment in the amount of $2,809.50 plus interest and the defendant appeals.

The record is very diffuse, but from an examination of all the evidence, including the exhibits, we glean the following: At some time in the fall of 1972 defendant’s Springfield, Missouri, branch manager “want[ed] to do business” with the plaintiff. Gleason, the branch manager, called on the plaintiff, and the two discussed the proposed deal “for better than a month”. According to Gleason, he and plaintiff agreed on the “basic…