Legal Opinion
Ralston Purina Company v. J. S. Edmunds, J. L. Edmunds and J. W. Edmunds, Co-Partners Doing Business as J. S. Edmunds and Sons
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1957No. 7289_1PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge.
This is a controversy between turkey breeders and a manufacturer of turkey feed, in which the former claim that a turkey malady which hampered their breeding operations in 1955 was due to a change in the manufacturer’s feed of which the plaintiffs were not forewarned. Since the appeal poses the question of sufficiency of the evidence to raise an issue for the jury, a somewhat detailed recital of the facts adduced by the plaintiffs is necessary.
J. S. Edmunds and Sons, who were the plaintiffs below and are the appellees here, have been engaged in the turkey-raising…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by62 opinions
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