GEN. ELEC. CO. v. HANS & SHELDON

No. 41930.

242 Miss. 119 (1961)

133 So.2d 275

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY v. HANS AND SHELDON d.b.a. HANS-SHELDON, CONTRACTORS

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 25, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mize, Thompson & Mize, Gulfport, for appellant.

Karl Wiesenberg, Pascagoula, for appellees.


ETHRIDGE, J.

Appellees, Hans and Sheldon, brought this action in the Circuit Court of Jackson County against appellant, General Electric Company (GE), to recover on an oral contract for the rental of a two and one-half yard dragline. The issues, existence of contract, agency, and nonexistence of primary obligation, were submitted to a jury which returned a verdict for plaintiff, and judgment was rendered on it.

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