King v. F. B. Todd & Sons, Inc.

Defendant, through C. B. Todd, represented as its owner, ran a farm where under a contract entered into on February 23, 1938, it agreed with the Charlotte Canning Company to plant, cultivate and properly care for, harvest and deliver to the canning company during the season of 1938, 12 acres of spinach. The canning company agreed to pay $17 per ton on December 1,1938, for all spinach delivered. The company further agreed to furnish defendant with the necessary seed at 20 cents per pound, the payment for which was to be deferred and deducted from the amount to become due defendant for the…