J. R. Watkins Co. v. Hanson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, C. J.:

This was an action to recover money, alleged to be due and payable under the terms of a written contract. Defendants prevailed and the plaintiff appeals.

On November 7, 1951, the J. R. Watkins Company of Winona, Minnesota, entered into an agreement with Shirley Hanson of St. John, Kansas, as purchaser, providing that such purchaser was to buy goods, manufactured and/or sold by the company, for purposes of sale in the locality in which she was then engaged, or intended to engage, in the business of selling such products. At the time of the…