J. J. BROOKSBANK CO. v. AMERICAN MOTORS CORP.

No. 42184-5.

184 N.W.2d 796 (1971)

J. J. BROOKSBANK CO., Inc., d. b. a. Budget Rent A Car of Minnesota, Appellant, v. AMERICAN MOTORS CORPORATION, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 5, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rider, Bennett, Egan, Johnson & Arundel and David F. Fitzgerald, and John C. Unthank, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Dorsey, Marquart, Windhorst, West & Halladay, and John D. Levine and Emery W. Bartle, Minneapolis, for respondents.

Heard before KNUTSON, C. J., and OTIS, ROGOSHESKE, PETERSON, and ROSENGREN, JJ.


OPINION

ROGOSHESKE, Justice.

Consolidated appeals from Hennepin County Municipal Court orders denying plaintiff a new trial after a directed verdict for defendants and dismissing a second action upon the ground that it was barred by the directed verdict in the previous action.

The determinative issue presented is whether the statute of frauds bars plaintiff's alleged cause of action for breach of an oral contract claimed to require defendants to...

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