Cash Crops Co-Operative v. Minnesota Valley Canning Co.

Plaintiff’s first-cause of action is for a breach of contract by defendant. Plaintiff alleges:

That it is a Wisconsin co-operative association composed of farmers in Wisconsin, and that defendant is a Minnesota corporation engaged in processing canning crops, including peas, in Wisconsin; that in 1948, pursuant to sec. 185.08, Stats., plaintiff entered into uniform membership and marketing agreements with its members, whereby plaintiff acts as collective-bargaining agent for its members in the sale of specified crops, including peas, which agreements were duly recorded in the proper counties,…