Case Name: FRANK DAU v. FRED BURNHAM
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1923-04-06
Citations: 155 Minn. 498
Docket Number: No. 23,296
Parties: FRANK DAU v. FRED BURNHAM.
Judges: 
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 155
Pages: 498–498

Head Matter:
FRANK DAU v. FRED BURNHAM.
April 6, 1923.
No. 23,296.
Sale of corn — verdict for plaintiff sustained — variance between date alleged and proved immaterial. [Reporter.]
Action in justice court to- recover $50 for 150 shocks of corn. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appealed to the district court for Otter Tail county, where the appeal was heard by Parsons, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $53.40. From an order denying his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial, defendant appealed.
Affirmed.
Jesse A. Schunk, for appellant.
M. J. Daly, for respondent.
Reported in 193 N. W. 33.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appeal from an order denying defendant's alternative motion for judgment or a new trial.
The complaint alleged a sale and delivery of corn and nonpayment of the purchase price. The answer was a general denial. The specific defense was that the corn had ibeen sol'd to a man named Gray instead of to the defendant. Our examination of the record has satisfied us that there was sufficient evidence to prove that the corn was sold to defendant and not to Gray and to support the verdict in plaintiff's favor. This disposes of defendant's principal contention upon this appeal.
The complaint alleged a sale in the month of October, 1920. The evidence was that the terms of sale were not agreed upon until a'bout a month later than the date alleged. This was an immaterial variance. Hayden v. Albee, 20 Minn. 143 (159); Pennington v. Roberge, 122 Minn. 295, 142 N. W. 710.
Order affirmed.