J. P. Hudson & Sons Co. v. Godchaux Co.

On April 19, 1918, J. P. Hudson’s Sons .Company agreed to sell to the Godchaux Company all of. the sugar cane then growing on their lands in Pointe Coupee parish. Godchaux Company agreed to pay for the cane, per ton of 2,000 pounds, 95 cents per ton for each cent, and fraction thereof, in proportion of the weekly average price of prime yellow clarified sugar, as sold on the New Orleans sugar market during the week of delivery; the weekly average price to be established by the secretary of the Louisiana Sugar and Bice Exchange of that city.

It was further agreed between plaintiff and defendant…