H. R. Anderson v. Swift & Company

McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant Anderson, a meat curer, ordered from appellee, Swift & Company, 1,453 fresh, green-skinned hams weighing an average of 14 pounds each. Swift knew that these hams were to be used for “country curing,” by appellant, as distinguished from “city cured” hams, or hams cured by other processes. The hams were delivered by Swift but did not respond to appellant’s curing process. They were either spoiled at the time of delivery, as claimed by appellant, or became spoiled after delivery, as claimed by Swift & Company.

Appellant sued for damages for the delivery…