Croton Chemical Corp. v. Birkenwald, Inc.

In 1951, the defendant ordered seventy-five barrels of curing salt for resale by it to meat packers. It specified that the salt should be manufactured for it by the plaintiff and contain eighty-five per cent sodium chloride, twelve per cent sodium nitrate, and three per cent sodium nitrite. The plaintiff filled the order, packed it in fiber drums, and delivered it f. a. s. (free alongside ship) in New York. It was shipped to Seattle via the Panama Canal and arrived in Seattle in December, 1951.

The defendant’s customers began returning orders filled by it because the salt was caked “like…