West Central Packing Inc. v. a F Murch Co.

Plaintiff instituted a suit based on the breach of an oral contract for the sale of goods under the Uniform Commercial Code. Defendant appeals from a jury verdict in the amount of $81,712.10, rendered in favor of plaintiff.

Plaintiff, a Michigan corporation, purchases apples from growers and then packages and distrib utes them for the fresh fruit market or for processing. Defendant, a subsidiary of the J. M. Smucker Company during its dealings with plaintiff, operates an apple processing plant in Paw Paw, Michigan. Plaintiff had been a major supplier of juice apples to defendant for a number…