Rietz v. Hovden Food Prodducts Corp.

P1aintiff recovered judgment against def en. dant for the alleged purchase price of two presses. Defendant appeals from said judgment.

Defendant presents numerous contentions on this appeal hut the determinative question under the unusual situation presented by the record is whether there was any valid written contract between the plaintiff and defendant for the purchase of said presses.

Plaintiff was engaged in the manufacture and sale of machinery under the fictitious name of Process Machinery Company. Defendant was a corporation engaged in fish canning at Monterey. The president of the…