Dexter-Portland Cement Co. v. Acme Supply Co.

The plaintiff in error was plaintiff in the court below. The defendant in error was defendant there, and so for convenience the parties will be designated as they were in the trial court.

For some years prior to the institution of this action the plaintiff had been a cement manufacturer, with its plant located at Nazareth, Pennsylvania, and the defendant had been a dealer at Newport News, handling large quantities of cement, lime, plaster and other building material, and, as such dealer, had been the representative or agent of the plaintiff for the sale of its cement in Newport News and…