Ralston Purina Co. v. Cox

This is an action on a contract, originally brought in the justice of the peace court, and from a dismissal of the plaintiff’s case was appealed to the district court. The contract sued on was in the sum of $345.80, entered into July 29, 1936, and was for the sale of six and one-half tons of “Hóg Fatena Meal,” a product manufactured by the plaintiff as a tested, scientific hog feed. The contract contained a promissory note, to be paid on or before February 1, 1937, and provided that the meal was to be fed to 22 hogs, owned by the defendant, clear and free of all liens, and to be marketed…