Sofuye
Sofuye v. Pieters-Wheeler Seed Co.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Hart, J.
The plaintiff prosecutes this appeal from an order setting aside a default judgment entered against the defendant on the seventeenth day of March, 1922.
The plaintiff is the assignee of one S. Kagi of the latter's interest in a certain contract entered into between said Kagi and the defendant on January 3, 1921. By the terms of said contract Kagi was to plant certain land then occupied by him in what is known as “The New Hope Pocket,” San Joaquin County, in carrots, beets, parsnips, and parsley with seed to be furnished by the defendant. Kagi was to “tend, cultivate, and harvest the seed of such crops and to deliver such seed to defendant f. o. b. Hood, California.” The defendant, in addition to furnishing such seed, was also to furnish the necessary sheets and bags for harvesting the crops and to pay said Kagi for the use of said land and for his services for the work required for the purpose, as follows: Twelve cents per pound for carrot seeds; eight cents per pound for beet seed; eight cents per pound for parsnip seed, and ten cents per pound for parsley seed, all to be marketable and produced and delivered, deducting, however, from the total amount of seed raised and…