Horn v. Los Angeles Nut House

DESMOND, J., pro tem.

Appeal from a judgment awarding damages in contract to plaintiff. Plaintiff alleged in his complaint that on or about July 1, 1932, he entered into a contract with defendants whereby he was to install at their place of business a department with the necessary machinery for processing nuts and manufacturing peanut butter, and “in addition would purchase pecans in large quantities on the joint account of both plaintiff and defendants, with a view to selling the same at a profit”; further, that in so far as the purchase of pecans was concerned, he was to expend from his own…