Tupman Thurlow Co., Inc. v. Cook

This is an action to recover a balance of $13,246.25, of the purchase price of casein shipped from New Zealand. The trial court found for the defendant on the amended complaint, answer and stipulated facts. Plaintiff has appealed from the judgment on the finding.

Plaintiff, a New York corporation, and the defendants, doing business in Chicago, made a contract October 9,1946, for the sale to defendants of approximately 56,000 lbs. of New Zealand casein. During October and November, 1946, a maritime strike was in effect on the United States Pacific Coast and ships from the Far East were rerouted…