Klock Produce Co. v. Diamond Ice & Storage Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Cross-appeals from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Smith, J., entered September 18, 1916, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action on contract.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
Theplaintiff Klock Produce Company was engaged in the city of Seattle in the business of buying and selling butter and eggs. In the spring of 1914, it stored 1,324 cases of eggs, which it had imported from China, in the cold storage plant of the defendant Diamond Ice & Storage Company. Recovery is sought upon 952 cases which were removed from defendant’s custody for purposes of sale between November 17, 1914, and February 28, 1915. There was evidence that the market price of storage eggs, at that time was 22 cents per dozen. The plaintiff was unable to realize that price for the eggs by…
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