ConAgra, Inc. v. Bartlett Partnership

I. INTRODUCTION

In this breach of contract action, the district court, pursuant to verdict, entered judgment in favor of the plaintiff-appellee, ConAgra, Inc., doing business as Peavey Company, and against the defendant-appellant, Bartlett Partnership. The partnership thereupon appealed to the Nebraska Court of Appeals, asserting, in summary, that the district court erred in (1) overruling the partnership’s motion for a directed verdict made at the close of all the evidence, (2) instructing the jury, and (3) entering judgment on a verdict not supported by the evidence. In order to regulate the…