Pacific Wool Growers v. Draper & Co., Inc.

This is an action by the Pacific Wool Growers, a co-operative marketing association, against Draper & Co., Inc., a Boston wool dealer, and its agent, John J. Kelly, to recover compensatory damages of $26,022.48, and punitive damages of $17,000 for the alleged wrongful and malicious conversion of wool. The plaintiff’s claim of ownership and right to possession of the wool is based upon a co-operative marketing contract executed between the association and the seven grower members from whom Draper & Co purchased the wool in May, 1935. There is no dispute about the execution of the contracts of…