Price v. Confair

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

Defendants made a written contract with Clover-dale Spring Co. on January 17, 1941, in which defendants agreed, inter alia, to furnish to seven named distributors, one of whom was the plaintiff, “all of their requirements of bottled Pepsi-Cola”. The contract was silent as to its duration and the sole question involved in the case is as to the period of the contract.

For many years prior to 1941 Cloverdale Spring Co. had granted the defendant bottling rights on a royalty basis, retaining however, the right to sell Pepsi-Cola to wholesalers and distributors in a…