Liberty Brand Canning Co. v. Denby

The narr. alleged, in substance, that the plaintiff company was a packer of tomatoes, that it made a contract with the defendant, a farmer, to put in a certain number of acres in tomatoes and when ripe to deliver them to the factory of the company for packing; that, notwithstanding, the defendant sold the tomatoes to others contrary to his contract with the plaintiff, by reason of which the plaintiff was compelled first to buy raw tomatoes for canning and when this could not be done to advantage on account of the high price of raw stock, to purchase canned tomatoes from other packers in order…