Nationwide Papers, Inc. v. Northwest Egg Sales, Inc.

This appeal is based upon an agreed statement of facts and presents a single issue, concerning the applicability of the statute of frauds (RCW 63.04.050) to the following transaction between plaintiff (respondent), Nationwide Papers, Inc., doing business as Carpenter Paper Company, and defendant (appellant), Northwest Egg Sales, Inc.

Defendant is a wholesale distributor of eggs and other food products. In November, 1963, defendant orally ordered 250,000 egg cartons from plaintiff, a wholesale distributor of paper products. Defendant instructed plaintiff to print defendant’s proprietary design…