Barr v. Southwest Wholesale Furniture & Appliance Co.

RENFRO, Justice.

In the trial court defendant was awarded judgment for $13,034.53 on a cross-action, and plaintiffs were awarded $3,600 against defendant for loss of profits on a business transaction wrongly diverted from plaintiffs.

In 1954 Stockton Appliance & Furniture Co., a partnership composed of Stockton, Botts and Barr, entered into a written contract with Southwest Wholesale Furniture & Appliance Co., Inc., whereby the partnership, hereinafter called plaintiffs, would purchase furniture on consignment from the Wholesale Company, hereinafter called defendant.

The contract provided: “ * *…