Vick v. Henry Ford & Son

RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

This is a writ of error to review a judgment of involuntary nonsuit. For convenience the parties will be designated here as in the court below.

For some years prior to 1918 the plaintiffs had been ■ extensive dealers in Ford automobiles in the state of Oregon, with retail agencies at Salem and Eugene. In June of that year the plaintiff George Yick visited Dear-born, Mich., with a view of obtaining from the defendant Ford & Son a distributing agency for the state of Oregon for farm tractors, commonly called Fordsons. As a result of this visit Ford & Son addressed a letter…