Meason v. Ralston Purina Co.

The Ralston Purina Company recovered judgment against Dr. J. M. Meason on three promissory notes executed by him in its favor and, from that judgment and an order denying his motion for a new trial, he appeals. The parties will he referred to throughout as plaintiff and defendant.

The facts out of which the action arose are substantially these: On May 1, 1936, the plaintiff, the Ralston Purina Company of St. Louis, Missouri, manufacturer and the defendant, Dr. J. M. Meason, of Chandler, Arizona, grower, entered into an agreement, termed a “turkey chow contract,” by which the former agreed to…