NELSON v. WILKINS DODGE, INC.

No. 46343.

256 N.W.2d 472 (1977)

William NELSON, et al., Appellants, v. WILKINS DODGE, INC., defendant and third-party plaintiff, Respondent, v. TOYOTA MOTOR SALES U. S. A., INC., et al., third-party defendants, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtin, Emerick & Mahoney, and Richard A. Emerick, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Meier, Kennedy & Quinn and Gordon W. Shumaker, St. Paul, for Wilkins Dodge.

Heard before ROGOSHESKE, PETERSON, and TODD, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


KELLY, Justice.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment for defendants, entered in Ramsey County Municipal Court, on defendant's motion for directed verdict. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The elemental facts are not in dispute. On August 16, 1972, plaintiffs, William and Cheryl Nelson, bought a new 1972 Toyota Hilux 4-cylinder half-ton pickup truck from Wilkins Dodge, Inc. (Wilkins), a Toyota dealer in St. Paul...

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