Baker Food Products Co. v. United States

It appears to me that we would be justified in finding that the market value of the raw beef on hand at the time of cancellation of the contract in question was not in excess *597of the value per pound for which the plaintiff gave the United States credit. I am of the opinion, however, that the defendant correctly contends that since the plaintiff, instead of selling the beef in the state in which it was at the date of cancellation of the contract, retained it and converted it into sausage, steak, corned beef, and hash for domestic sale and consumption, it can not recover without showing that a…