J. S. Brown Hardware Co. v. Indiana Stove Works
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Galveston. The Brown Hardware Company sued the Indiana Stove Works, and defendant had judgment on demurrer, which was affirmed on plaintiff’s appeal. Appellant then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This suit was brought by the J. S. Brown Hardware Company against the Indiana Stove Works. The petition alleged, in substance, that the plaintiff is a corporation chartered under the laws of Texas, and that it is and has been engaged for many years in the business of selling stoves, stove fixtures and attachments, and other hardware by wholesale throughout the State; that it had employed one Hash as a traveling salesman to sell its wares and that Hash had agreed to serve it exclusively; that while he was so engaged, the defendant, the Indiana Stove Works, also a…
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