Northern Wisconsin Co-operative Tobacco Pool v. Bekkedal

The following opinion was filed November 13, 1923:

Owen, J.

The question which first should be considered is whether the plaintiff is entitled to equitable relief pre*580venting the defendants from, interfering with the contracts existing between the plaintiff and its numerous members. It is to be borne in mind that the Bekkedal firm has for thirty years been engaged in the tobacco business in this state, during which time it has purchased the tobacco crops of many growers who had become members of the plaintiff corporation and had entered into contracts to sell and deliver their 1922 and four…