Janicke v. Hilltop Farm Feed Co.

Loring, Chief Justice.

In an action brought to recover damages for breach of contract, the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiffs. Defendant appeals from the order denying its motion for a new trial.

In August 1946, defendant, Hilltop Farm Feed Company of Minneapolis, was the owner of an elevator and feed-mill plant at Douglas, Minnesota. The buildings were on land leased from a railroad company. There were trackage facilities. The plant had the benefit of transit privileges. This allowed it to stop a car in transit, remove the contents, put it in the elevator, at some later day grind…