Legal Opinion
N. K. Parrish, Inc. v. Southwest Beef Industries Corporation, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 13, 1981No. 78-1041PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:
N. K. Parrish, Inc., sued to recover payments on contracts for the purchase of grain. The primary issue on appeal is whether a group of individual taxpayer-investors in a cattle feeding program sponsored by Arizona National Cattle Company is liable to Parrish for grain purchased from Parrish by Arizona National and assigned to the feeding program. We conclude that the investors are liable and that Parrish can elect on appeal to have judgment against them rather than against their agent, Arizona National.
I. FACTS
In October and November of 1974, Arizona National and…
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