Jessen Ex Rel. Jessen v. Schuneman's, Inc.

Knutson, Justice.

Appeals from judgments entered pursuant to orders of the court granting judgment notwithstanding the verdicts in favor of both plaintiffs after trial of the cases to a jury.

In May or June 1948, defendant, Schuneman’s, Inc., which operates a large department store in the city of St. Paul, purchased approximately 400 Jane Dunbar coffeemakers from John Leslie Paper Company at a good price for the reason that the Leslie company was discontinuing the sale of this line. On June 30, 1948, the St. Paul Dispatch carried an advertisement for Schuneman’s, Inc., offering 300 of these…