Groover v. Belmont

This case involves an orange crop agreement. The plaintiff, an elderly woman, had for many years marketed her fruit through a consignment contract with the American Fruit Company. Because of frost damage this company advised her to sell her 1949 crop for cash instead of marketing it in the usual manner. She contacted the Granada Packing House, operated by the defendant, and was told that they were buying for cash. They sent their buyer, one Ogilvie, who made an agreement with her, She signed a printed form of consignment contract, providing, in part, that it was to continue in effect until…