Schafer v. Sunset Packing Company

Plaintiff, a berry grower, filed an action for damages against the defendant for breach of contract for failure to provide workers to harvest plaintiff’s berry crop for 1967. The case was tried before the court without a jury and a judgment entered against defendant for $17,880.

On April 7,1967, the defendant, a processor of fruit and berries, contracted to purchase at least a portion of plaintiff’s berry crop and to provide 150 to 200 laborers to harvest the crop from June 1, 1967, to the end of the season. A recruiting fee of $15 per laborer was to be paid by plaintiff to defendant, and the…