A. C. Newman, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellant-Cross

FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Newman filed suit in Alabama circuit court against defendant Cameron (a feed commodities broker), defendant Staley Manufacturing Company (a manufacturer of cattle feed), and other defendants who were dismissed from the suit before trial. Plaintiff alleged that defendants produced, brokered, and sold cattle feed that, when fed to plaintiff’s cattle, caused death to a great number of the cattle, caused illness among the herd, caused interruption of plaintiff’s feeding and maintenance program, and otherwise adversely and injuriously affected…