Industrial Products Mfg. Co. v. Jewett Lumber Co.

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

Federal jurisdiction of this action existed by reason of diversity of citizenship and amount involved.

The Industrial Products Manufacturing Company, a Missouri corporation, filed its complaint as plaintiff against the Jewett Lumber Company, an Iowa corporation dealing at retail in lumber and associated products at Des Moines, as defendant, to recover the agreed purchase price of materials which plaintiff alleged it manufactured and shipped to defendant pursuant to a contract evidenced by writings set forth in the complaint.

The writings included an itemized order for…