I.O.A. Leasing Corp. v. Merle Thomas Corp.

We must decide in this case whether or not the trial judge was correct in his denial of the appellant’s motion for judgment n.o.v. or, in the alternative, for a new trial. The facts are complicated and lengthy, involving, as they do, a computer leasing contract, so for the benefit of those with little perseverance we state at the outset that we affirm the lower court. The facts which the jury had to consider were as follows:

On April 13, 1967, the appellant (I.O.A.), a computer leasing company, entered into a contract with the appellee Merle Thomas Corporation (M.T.C.), a company in the…