Legal Opinion

Knapp v. Imperial Oil & Gas Products Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided August 27, 1942No. 4935PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by W. A. Knapp, a citizen of Texas, against Imperial Oil & Gas Products Company, a West Virginia corporation, to recover the sum of $25,000 alleged to be due him under two verbal contracts between him and the company. In his complaint he charged, first, that in the early part of 1932 it was verbally agreed between him and the company, acting through Joseph Hartman, its president, that the company would pay him a royalty or bonus of per pound on all the Kohinoor carbon black manufactured by it at its plant at Sterlington, Louisiana, the payments to…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Mayo v. Lakeland Highlands Canning Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Shellman v. ShellmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
  4. Goodacre v. PanagopoulosCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
  5. Helfer v. Corona Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Sol A. Dann, John H. Neville and Louise A. Turek v. Studebaker-Packard Corporation, Harold E. Churchill, Hugh J. Ferry, and A. J. PortaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1961
  2. Lasalle Extension University & Katharine Gibbs School (Inc.) v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
  3. Bertha Preston Darter and O.L. Darter v. Greenville Community Hotel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
  4. Sbicca-Del Mac, Inc. v. Milius Shoe Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
  5. Duke v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954

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