Turlock Merchants & Growers, Inc. v. Smith

The complaint alleges that the defendant is indebted to the plaintiff “on an open book account for goods, wares, and merchandise, and money expended for said defendant of the reasonable value” of $637.17. The answer denies the alleged indebtedness. The defendant filed a cross-complaint in which he alleges that the parties entered into an agreement whereby the defendant appointed the plaintiff “his sole and exclusive agent for selling and distributing all cantaloupes owned or controlled by said defendant . . . for the season of 1921,” the defendant to pay the plaintiff for such services at the…