Bond v. Trim-Line, Inc.

This appeal is from a summary judgment in favor of Trim-Line, Inc. (Trim-Line), and against Robert L. Bond, Sr., the plaintiff below. The question on appeal is whether summary judgment was appropriately granted.

The underlying facts are as follows: Robert Bond and Trim-Line, Inc., entered into a "Sales Distribution Agreement" on 5 March 1976. That agreement gave Bond a license to use the trade name "Trim-Line" in the operation of a distributorship. Bond's territory, as defined by that agreement, covered, roughly, the southern one-half of the State of Alabama, excluding Mobile, Alabama.

During…