Electromatic Distributors, Inc. v. Clark

McAllister, judge.

In 1942, complainant, Electromatic Distributors, Inc., had on hand 7,000 sets, or “kits,” of radio parts. Because of orders of the War Production Board in that year limiting, and later prohibiting the manufacture of radios for civilian use, complainant was unable to build cabinets or cases for the parts, and thus complete the manufacture of the radios for sale to the public.

These kits had cost the complainant $8.12 each, and, after the War Production Board orders, in order to avoid a greater loss, complainant sold them to William Rodriguez, in Plavana, Cuba, who agreed to…