Monaghan

Appellant (hereinafter referred to as the Cooperative) appeals from a judgment enforcing the terms of a written contract, the provisions of which, the Cooperative contends, do not govern the relations of the parties.

The Cooperative is a corporation organized under the laws of Alaska for the purpose of buying, selling, handling and processing agricultural products on a cooperative basis for the benefit of its shareholder-members. The members agreed to sell to the Cooperative, and the Cooperative agreed to purchase, all the produce of the members. Such materials as were needed in the handling and processing of the produce which were not supplied by the members were purchased by the Cooperative from other persons. In addition, the Cooperative maintained consumer departments, selling to the members goods purchased from the members or from others. For purposes of administration, the various aspects of the business were broken down into “departments”, namely, the Dairy Creamery Department, the Produce Department, the retail store, etc.

The producing departments purchased the produce of the members, processed it if necessary, and resold it. Ordinarily, the produce of any individual…