Tri-State Terminal Co. v. Washington Wheat Growers Ass'n

The plaintiff alleged in its complaint that it had sold to the defendants six warehouses, and sought a decree specifically enforcing the provisions of the contract for the delivery of preferred stock in payment thereof. The cause was tried to the court without a jury, and resulted in a decree of specific performance as to two of the warehouses and denying relief as to the other four. From this judgment, the defendants appeal.

The respondent is a corporation whose members were mostly wheat growers. It owned warehouses situated one each at Connell, Mesa, Dilling, Emery, Hatton and Hay, in this…