Gompert v. Great Western Sugar Co.

The plaintiff, Mervyn Gompert, operates a farm in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. The defendant operates a sugar factory near Mitchell, Nebraska. In 1965 the plaintiff entered into a contract with the defendant to grow sugar beets upon a 25-acre tract owned by the plaintiff and his wife.

The plaintiff purchased chemicals from the defendant which he applied tq the beet field for the purpose of weed control. The beets failed to develop satisfactorily *791so the field was replanted to beans on June 6, 1965. The beans did not grow properly so the field was again replanted to beans on July 1, 1965. The…