Cosgrove v. Mademoiselle Fashions

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court for Custer County, Nebraska, which affirmed a judgment entered by the county court of Custer County, in a law action, ordering the return of a deposit made on a purchase contract to James and Ann Cosgrove. We reverse and remand.

It appears from the record that on March 17, 1977, Ann Cosgrove contacted John M. Maple, a representative of defendant, with reference to furnishing expertise, inventory, and supplies to establish a jeans store in the Broken Bow area. Maple was a broker for Mademoiselle Fashions, an Arkansas corporation. One of his…