MANN BROS. LOGGING, INC. v. POTLATCH CORP.

No. 97-3979.

149 F.3d 790 (1998)

MANN BROTHERS LOGGING, INC., Appellee, v. POTLATCH CORPORATION, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Holmes, Little Rock, AR, argued (John E. Tull III and Katharine R. Cloud, on the brief), for appellant.

Thomas P. Thrash, Little Rock, AR, argued (Robert G. Bridewell, on the brief), for appellee.

Before BOWMAN, Chief Judge, and HEANEY and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Potlatch Corporation (Potlatch) appeals from a jury verdict awarding Mann Brothers Logging, Inc. (Mann Brothers) $240,000 for breach of an oral contract. Potlatch challenges the district court's jury instructions concerning the elements of contract formation and whether the contract could be for a reasonable duration; the sufficiency of the evidence as it relates to whether there was an oral contract; and the jury's damage award. We affirm....

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