AgriStor Credit Corp. v. Radtke

Colwell, D.J., Retired.

Defendants Fernán Radtke and Estella L. Radtke, husband and wife, appeal a deficiency judgment in favor of plaintiff, AgriStor Credit Corporation (AgriStor), arising out of a replevin suit. Third-party defendant Platte Valley Harvestore, Inc. (Platte Valley), appeals a $15,800 judgment in favor of the Radtkes as third-party plaintiffs for negligent performance of its duties under a contract for the sale of a silo.

The Radtkes operated a farm and a dairy near Hendley, Nebraska. Shortly before April 1977, they were contacted by a salesman for Platte Valley, Lexington,…