Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York February 28, 1936 (Dressler v. Merkel, Inc.)

Davis, J.

Defendant Merkel, Inc., was a wholesale dealer in pork products, sometimes called a “ packer,” having its principal plant in Jamaica and distributing stores elsewhere. In 1931 the defendant Ehring conducted a small butcher shop in College Point, in Queens. During the month of September he bought pork shoulders and “ back fat ” from Merkel, Inc.