Tobacco Growers Co-Operative Ass'n v. Moss

The controversy, on trial, narrowed itself to the single question as to whether the defendant was a member of the plaintiff association, it being alleged and denied that he had executed the standard marketing agreement and thereby bound himself to deliver to the plaintiff all tobacco produced by him during the years from 1922 to 1926, both inclusive. Defendant admitted signing the agreement, but contended that this was done on condition, and that the contract was not to take effect except upon a contingency which never happened.

The general rule is that no verbal agreement between the parties…