LaMiller v. St. Claire Packing Co.

Defendants appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff awarding him damages in the sum of $5,130 occasioned by the breach by defendant St. Claire Packing Company, sometimes referred to hereinafter as the Buyer, of a written contract wherein said company agreed to buy and plaintiff agreed to sell his 1947 tomato crop. Defendant United Pacific Insurance Company, as bondsman for the buyer under the provisions of section 1300.1a of the Agricultural Code, was held liable in the sum of $5,000, the limit of its bond.

The provisions of the contract pertinent to the issues raised on appeal are that…