Kawasho International, U.S.A., Inc. v. Lakewood Pipe Service, Inc.

Opinion

DANIELSON, J.

Factual and Procedural Background

The Facts

Plaintiff Kawasho International, U.S.A., Inc. (Kawasho) is a New York corporation doing business in California as a wholesaler of pipe which it imports from Japan. Lakewood Pipe Service, Inc. (Lakewood) is a corporation, engaged in the pipe business, and was a customer of Kawasho.

Commencing in 1974 Kawasho began to sell steel pipe products to Lakewood on open account. The sales were generally initiated by a telephone call from Lakewood to Kawasho at its Los Angeles office, followed by a written Lakewood purchase order, prepared by…