Lockwood Corporation v. Clifford Black and Bill Jim St. Clair, D/B/A B & S Irrigation

GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Before us is a classic example of a simple contract case unnecessarily transformed into a monster. Appellee Lockwood Corporation (“Lockwood”), a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Nebraska, is a seller of irrigation sprinkler systems. Appellants Clifford Black and Bill Jim St. Clair, both Texas residents, have been customers of Lockwood’s since 1971. This suit was originally brought by Lockwood in an attempt to recover money due it from both Black and St. Clair.

Black and St. Clair, d/b/a a partnership under the name of B & S Irrigation (“B & S”),…