Hargrave v. Davis-Hunt Cotton Company

This appeal involves a “cotton output” contract between the Davis-Hunt Cotton Company, Inc. (appellee) and Gene Hargrave (appellant) wherein Davis-Hunt claims $52,810.50 damages for breach of contract.

Under the contract, Hargrave agreed to sell Davis-Hunt all of the cotton he produced during 1973, and ginned before December 16, 1973, at a price of 30 cents per pound. Hargrave produced a total of 721 bales of cotton during the 1973 season, of which 212. bales, weighing 105,621 pounds, were not delivered to Davis-Hunt.

The jury returned a verdict in favor of Davis-Hunt in the amount of $9,000…