Duncan v. Pittsburgh-Florida Fruit Growers Ass'n

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

Defendant was the owner of a tract of land in the State of Florida containing 610 acres, suitable for the raising of citrous fruits. The fourteen plaintiffs are purchasers from it of lots of five acres each under a contract with defendant obliging it to plant the lots in citrous fruits, to take care of them for a certain number of years and after six years from the date of planting to market the crops. Defendant was to be compensated during the years that it marketed the crops by a commission of ten per cent on the gross sales; the balance after the deduction of…