Fujita and Company, Limited (Plaintiff) Respondent v. Northern Fruit Company, Limited (Defendant) Appellant

The defendant company appealed a judgement by a District Court Judge regarding an action for damages and an accusation that they had breached a contract between the two parties. The plaintiffs had discussed a sale of oranges to the defendants and drawn up and signed a formal contract. The Northern Fruit Company, Limited, objected to the contract’s terms and refused to sign. Fujita and Company, Limited, asserted that the informal correspondence constituted a contract. Chief Justice Haultain and Justices Turgeon, McKay, and Martin determined that the defendants were not bound by any contract and within their rights to reject the formal document presented to them. The appeal was allowed, with costs, and the action of the plaintiff dismissed, again, with costs.