Outcault Advertising Co. v. Farmers & Merchants State Bank

Action to recover upon a contract to supply defendant with advertising matter commencing June 1, 1916, and to continue for the period of two years, and for the further period of three years, unless the vendee notified the vendor to the contrary, in writing, on or before February 1, 1918. There was a verdict for the defendant and from an order denying its motion for a new trial, plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff is an Illinois corporation with its principal place of business at Chicago. The defendant is a banking corporation doing a general banking business at Greenbush, Roseau county, Minnesota. In…