Anderson v. Smith Frozen Foods of Idaho, Inc.

SMITH, Justice.

This action is sometimes referred to as the Anderson case. The companion action, sometimes referred to as the Branom case, is Branom v. Smith Frozen Foods, 1961, 83 Idaho 502, 365 P.2d 958, wherein Branom sought recovery for his share of a crop of peas grown on land farmed by him. The alleged damage sought in both cases grew out of the same transaction; and both cases involved the principal issue, i. e., whether the transaction was governed by an oral or a written contract.

Respondent Anderson brought this action to recover the value of his share of a 1957 crop of green peas…