Blanchard Valley Farmers Cooperative, Inc. v. Carl Niese & Sons Farms, Inc.

Shaw, Judge.

Defendant Carl Niese & Sons Farms, Inc. (“Niese Farms”) appeals the November 15, 2000 order of the Common Pleas Court of Hancock County granting summary judgment to plaintiff Blanchard Valley Farmers Cooperative, Inc. (“BVFC”).

BVFC is an Ohio corporation that operates a grain elevator located in Findlay, Ohio, and Niese Farms is a grain farming operation that conducts business in Leipsic, Ohio. Between November 25, 1994 and October 25, 1995, Niese Farms entered into a series of written agreements with BVFC denominated “purchase contracts,” wherein Niese Farms apparently agreed to…