Ternes v. Farmers Union Central Exchange

TEIGEN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from orders of the district court denying the defendants’ motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial.

The action was brought to recover damages which the plaintiff alleges he sustained in the use of lubricating oil, described as Cenex S-l, S.A.E.-30, manufactured by the defendant Farmers Union Central Exchange, and purchased from the defendant Farmers Union Oil Company of Flasher, North Dakota.

In his complaint the plaintiff alleges, in substance, that he purchased the oil for use in his farm machinery, automobiles, and trucks in…