Thorndike v. Hesperian Orchards, Inc.

Appellant, defendant below, appeals from a judgment against it for a sum found to be due under the terms of a written contract.

On a contract for the packing and sale of their apple crop, respondents, plaintiffs below, sued for the difference between the contract price and the amount paid by appellant to the respondents, which difference the court found to be $10,271.73.

Respondents are orchardists near Oroville, Washington, and grow Golden Delicious apples. Appellant’s business is to market such fruit. By written contract, the appellant agreed to pack and sell the respondents’ apples. It also…