Heil v. Standard Chemical Manufacturing Co.

Scott, Justice.

This is an action for damages against defendant feed company for breach of express warranties, one that a feed supplement would produce a 2-pound-per-day weight gain in feeder calves and a second that another product would cause the animals to mature so that they could be bred. The jury awarded damages on both claims. A motion was then made by defendant for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, in the alternative, for a new trial. The alternative motion for a new trial was granted with respect to the claimed breach of warranty based on the failure of the cows to conceive,…