Ess-Food, Eksportslagteriernes Salgsforening v. Rupari Food Services, Inc.

The issues in this cause were made by the appellant’s complaint and the appellee’s counterclaims in an action arising out of an agreement in which the appellee Rupari was designated as the exclusive American distributor of rib products supplied by Ess-Food, an organization composed of several Danish slaughter houses. After a lengthy bench trial, the trial judge entered a net judgment in favor of Rupari and Ess-Food appeals. The factual situation portrayed below is so complex and unique that setting it out in detail would serve no useful purpose. It is enough to say that our examination of the…