Pryor
Pryor v. Fruit Distributors Service Co.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Conrey, J.
In this action the plaintiff recovered judgment against defendant on account of defendant’s breach of a contract to purchase from plaintiff his crop of lettuce. The defendant appeals from the judgment.
Appellant’s first point is that, for the reason that under a proper construction of the contract defendant was not required to accept more than three cars of lettuce, the complaint does not state a cause of action. The complaint alleged that on March 22, 1922, plaintiff and defendant entered into a contract whereby the plaintiff agreed to sell to the defendant and the defendant agreed to buy from the plaintiff his crop of lettuce then growing on his ranch near Delano, in Kern County, which contract was in writing and reads as follows:
It is alleged that thereafter in performance of said contract plaintiff delivered to the defendant and defendant received and paid the contract price for three carloads of said lettuce; that on or about April 7, 1922, the defendant repudiated said contract and then and thereafter refused to accept any further lettuce from the plaintiff; that the plaintiff performed all the conditions required by him to be performed under the terms of said contract,…