Achterberg v. Gillett

LANGDON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of El Paso County granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment, wherein it was adjudged that plaintiff take nothing from the defendant under Rule 166-A, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

Appellant Achterberg, plaintiff below, brought this suit against appellee, Sam B. Gillett, Jr., defendant below, for damages for breach of a written contract giving to plaintiff a non-cancellable, exclusive right, for a period of fifteen years from January 1, 1950, to act as defendant’s sales agent on a commission basis, in…