White's Farm Dairy, Inc. v. De Laval Separator Company

McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, White’s Farm Dairy, Inc., (White’s), the owner and operator of a large dairy farm, brought this diversity action against the defendant, a manufacturer of milking equipment. Plaintiff claims that the defendant breached its warranties in selling defective milking equipment to the plaintiff and also that it was negligent in the manufacture of said equipment. 1 The case was tried to a jury. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence, the district court directed a verdict for the defendant on the grounds that no privity had been shown between the parties on the…