Legal Opinion
Flanagan v. Consolidated Nutrition, L.C.
Court of Appeals of Iowa
Decided March 28, 2001No. 99-2024PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStreit, P.J.
A feed company that wanted a long-term contract to sell pigs to a farmer was content to abide by certain stringent rules regarding contract formation as long as those rules worked to its advantage. Now that the farmer claims the parties did not have a contract under those rules, the company argues more flexible rules should apply. We affirm the trial court’s finding that the parties did not have a contract.
I. Background Facts & Proceedings.
Kenneth Flanagan and Consolidated Nutrition dispute whether they have a contract to buy and sell pigs. Flanagan, an O’Brien County farmer, raises pigs at…
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