Lees v. Churchill Distilling Co.

SHELBOURNE, District Judge.

In the original complaint, filed in this action, M. H. Lees and Jack R. Clumeck, doing business as partners under the name of Westco Liquor Products Company, sued to recover from defendant Churchill Distilling Company $142,500 for the alleged breach of a contract evidenced by two letters, written in May 1941, providing for the sale of whiskey over the period from May 10, 1941, to May 10, 1943.

Subsequently, M. H. Lees, Jr., came into the plaintiff partnership and was made a party plaintiff in this action.

*544Plaintiff will hereafter be referred to as “Westco” and the…