[U] Chan v. Lee

This litigation results from an unsuccessful venture in private enterprise by the defendants R.G. Romp and Victor Nigro. Romp was a resident of Des Moines and Nigro of the state of Pennsylvania. Nigro was a reputed expert in the cultivation and sale of mushrooms. He became acquainted with Romp and they conceived the idea of entering the business of growing these edible fungi in the vicinity of Des Moines. [244 Iowa Page 206]