Browne

Lompoc Produce & Real Estate Co. v. Browne

Good Law
1919 Cal. App. LEXIS 534·41 Cal. App. 607·183 P. 166
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJune 16, 1919Civ. No. 2752.California2,386 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Langdon, J.

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $16,505.36 damages for the alleged breach of a contract for the sale of a crop of beans. The court directed the jury to find for the plaintiff, leaving to them the determination of the amount of the damages. The contract is in writing and was entered into upon February 13, 1917. It provides that the defendant shall grow for the plaintiff certain quantities and varieties of beans at a specified price. It acknowledges receipt by the defendant of two thousand dollars to apply upon the purchase price of the beans and also provides that the conditions printed on the back thereof are a part of the contract. Among those conditions is one to the effect that the plaintiff agrees to furnish the defendant sufficient seed for the crop bargained for, said seed to be selected by the defendant, and for the seed furnished by the plaintiff the defendant agrees to return with the crop an equal amount without charge as the equivalent of the seed furnished. The contract provides that a certain price was to be paid for beans delivered to the defendant on or before'October 1, 1917, and a different price was to be paid for…

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