Peterson v. Johnson Nut Co.

1 Reported in 297 N.W. 178. Action to enjoin defendant from competing in business with plaintiffs in certain territory. Findings of fact and conclusions of law were for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal from the order denying a new trial.

A former appeal in this action is reported in 204 Minn. 300,283 N.W. 561. The controlling legal questions were there exhaustively treated and determined. So determined, they became the law of the case to be applied upon the new trial. 1 Dunnell, Minn. Dig. (2 ed. Supps.) §§ 398, 404, 454; First State Bank v. First State Bank, 172 Minn. 223, 214 N.W. 781. The…