Brown-Forman Distillers Corp. v. Northwest Liquor Co.

MINTON, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, a Delaware corporation, sued the defendant, a Wisconsin corporation, for breach of a written contract for the sale of whiskey, entered into between the parties July 8, 1943. The amount in controversy is over $3,000. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint on the ground that it failed to state a claim upon which relief against the defendant could be granted. The District Court sustained the motion to dismiss and dismissed the amended complaint. From this judgment, the plaintiff has appealed.

The contract of sale entered into by the…