Legal Opinion
Peckham v. Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, Inc.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided August 18, 1955No. Civ. A. No. 1380PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAY, District Judge.
The plaintiffs in this action are dairy farmers who in June 1950 purchased forty bags of Sweepstakes grain, so-called, from the defendant to be fed to their cows. They allege that fourteen of said cows, as a result of eating said grain, became ill and died. They seek to recover the value of said cows and the amount of certain incidental losses claimed to have been sustained by them as a result of their deaths.
Although the trial was somewhat protracted, there being many witnesses, there was no dispute as to many material facts. Prior to June 17, 1950, the plaintiffs owned…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. KennedyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Johnson v. KanavosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Flynn v. Growers Outlet, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Monahan v. Economy Grocery Stores Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Gracey v. Waldorf System, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Brown v. Globe Laboratories, Inc.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1957
- Green v. RALSTON PURNIA COMPANYSupreme Court of Missouri · 1964
- Southern States Cooperative Inc. v. DoggettSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982
- Doane v. Farmers Cooperative CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 1959
- Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, Incorporated v. Russell M. Peckham, D/B/A Orchard Hill FarmCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1956
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