Santo Tomas Produce Association v. Smith

CARMODY, Justice.

This case arose because of claimed liability of a member grower to a cooperative marketing association. The trial court found the issues in favor of the association and the defendant appeals.

The Santo Tomas Produce Association was incorporated in 1957 as a non-profit agricultural cooperative marketing association, and defendant Smith was one of the thirteen members who, by agreement, made the association the sole marketing agency for onions planted in the Fall of 1956. The original agreement was orally amended by the parties because of labor shortages, so that the association…