Standard Oil Co. of Cal. v. Doneux

C. E. Grosjean Rice Milling Company, a corporation (hereinafter referred to as Grosjean), appeals from a judgment in favor of Standard Oil Company of California, a corporation (hereinafter referred to as Standard), in an action brought by the latter to recover the balance due for rice allegedly sold to the former.

Standard sold rice grown on certain land it owned to one Eoland C. Doneux, a licensed grain dealer, after it had accepted Doneux’s bid. His bid was based on a price given to him by Grosjean. After a warehouse receipt for the rice had been delivered to Doneux by Standard he forwarded…