Hawthorn-Mellody, Inc. v. Driessen

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This case involves litigation over a dairy products distributorship contract. The plaintiff-appellee, Hawthorn-Mellody, Inc. is a producer of milk products. Hawthom-Mellody is a successor corporation to the Meyer Sanitary Milk Company, having been assigned all of Meyer Sanitary’s assets and having assumed all of its liabilities as of December 31, 1967. The appellants-defendants are William G. Driessen and his wife, Marion V. Driessen. William Driessen, a resident of Wisconsin, had been engaged in the retail dairy business since 1935. Meyer…