Legal Opinion
Virgil Johnson and Virgil Johnson Trucking v. Associated Milk Producers, Inc.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 14, 2016No. 15–0105PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Justice.
In this appeal, we must decide which rule of contract law applies to resolve a standoff over a change in hauling fees paid by a dairy cooperative to an independent contractor who transported; milk from farms to the co-op’s facilities. The parties agree their oral contract could be terminated at will by either side upon reasonable notice. The co-op notified the hauler it would be phasing out a $100 trip fee it had been paying to the hauler in addition to agreed hauling rate. The hauler objected, but continued to transport milk and bill the co-op for the trip fees. The co-op…
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