Georgia Power & Light Co. v. Fruit Growers Express Co.

The Georgia Power and Light Company brought suit against the Eruit Growers Express Company, to recover damage for breach of a contract requiring and obligating the defendant to accept and pay for a minimum of 20,000 tons of ice during each year of 1932 and 1933, at a price fixed by the contract. The defendant admitted its failure to accept and pay for such ice, and raised only the issue as to the amount of damage to which the plaintiff was entitled. By agreement the matter was submitted to an auditor to pass upon all questions of law and fact. To the report of the auditor both parties filed…