Ozier v. Haines

Plaintiffs, the operators of a grain elevator, brought this suit in the circuit court of Piatt County to recover $4450 damages which allegedly resulted when the defendant, George Haines, breached an oral contract whereby he sold 5000 bushels of corn to plaintiffs. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, setting up the Statute of Frauds as a defense. The trial court allowed the motion and when plaintiffs elected to stand by their pleading, final judgment was entered for defendant. An appeal followed in which the judgment of the trial court was affirmed by the Appellate Court. (343…