Mendoza v. Rast Produce Co., Inc.
California Court of Appeal
[CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DAWSON, J.
Appellant is a grower who used a commission merchant to market his pomegranate crop. The respondents are various businesses that obtained the pomegranate crop in transactions with the commission merchant. Appellant sued respondents alleging that they obtained the crop on a reconsignment basis, sold it, provided false or misleading documents about those sales, and kept money that should have been remitted to appellant. Respondents moved for judgment on the pleadings on the ground that they had no privity of contract with appellant and therefore his claims must fail. The…
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