Carson v. Mulnix

MASON, Justice.

This is an appeal by defendant, Roxie Mulnix, Jr., from an adverse judgment rendered in a law action tried to the court. March 5, 1974, plaintiff, Joseph Carson, d/b/a Carson Grain, Troy Mills, Iowa, instituted an action in the Linn District Court seeking relief on the theory defendant had breached an oral contract made January 22, 1973, for the delivery by the end of 1973 of 10,000 bushels of corn at $1.34 per bushel.

Plaintiff alleged that in reliance on the contract he had sold the grain contracted for for delivery on or before January 1, 1974; defendant delivered only…