Legal Opinion
Shackleton v. Food Machinery & Chemical Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 27, 1960No. Nos. 12899, 12900PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CASTLE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellee, Dorothy Sells Shackleton, filed suit in the District Court August 22, 1950, to specifically enforce the provisions of Clause 6 of a written contract executed October 6, 1928, between her brothers and John Bean Manufacturing Company (predecessor in interest, to defendant-appellant, Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation). An accounting was prayed to determine the amount due plaintiff.
The Bean Company, by the contract, purchased the Sprague-Sells Corporation from plaintiff’s brothers. The purchase contract contained the following provision (Clause 6)…
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