Florida Fruit Sales, Inc. v. Kingfisher Groves

SCHEB, Judge.

Respondent, Kingfisher Groves,'contracted with the petitioner, Florida Fruit Sales, Inc., a licensed citrus fruit dealer, for the latter to harvest and acquire citrus fruit in Blocks 60 and 61 of the Kingfisher Groves near Merritt Island. A dispute arose and Kingfisher initiated proceedings with the Commissioner of Agriculture under F.S. Ch. 601, contending that Fruit Sales failed to pay it for 3700 boxes of grapefruit it had harvested from Block 60. Fruit Sales denied any obligation to Kingfisher and filed “Affirmative Defenses and Set Off” claiming damages from Kingfisher’s…