Platt v. Union Packing Co.

This action was brought to recover damages for an alleged breach by defendant, a corporation, of a contract to purchase cattle. Judgment passed for plaintiff and defendant appeals.

Plaintiff based his right of action upon an oral agreement claimed to have been made with defendant through its agents, under the terms of which the defendant agreed to purchase approximately 350 head of steers at an agreed price of $8.50 per hundredweight, which would aggregate about $30,000. The agreement allegedly was entered into on May 13, 1935, at a time when the cattle were being fed for market by plaintiff…