DUPLEX MANUFACTURING CO. v. Atlas Leasing Corp.

This is a contract action in which the plaintiff obtained a jury verdict and judgment for $17,110 for the manufacture of a custom-built mobile feed mill. Thereafter, defendant’s alternative motion for new trial was granted, on the basis that the court improperly submitted the question of damages to the jury. Plaintiff appealed and defendant cross-appealed.

The plaintiff, Duplex Manufacturing Co., entered into negotiations with one Elvin Lamb in the fall of 1962, out of which the contract here involved arose. The de fendant, Atlas Leasing Corporation, was engaged in the business of financing…