Schwarzlose v. Kingrey

In 1957 the plaintiff-appellant, Monroe Schwarzlose, was an established processor of turkeys, operating a processing plant in Cleveland county. He was also a retail dealer in poultry feed, selling an assortment of feeds made by Quaker Oats Company. To supply his plant with turkeys Schwarzlose raised birds himself and also offered a plan by which farmers in the area might raise turkeys for him under a contractual arrangement. The plan contemplated that each grower would establish his credit with Quaker, purchase turkey poults from Schwarzlose in the spring, raise the turkeys with Quaker feed,…