Progressive Furniture Co., Inc. v. Stoneville Furniture Co., Inc

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant instituted suit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina to recover damages from appellee for an alleged breach of contract. The agreement out of which this dispute arose was entered into on January 11, 1944, iby the terms of which appellee undertook to sell appellant 40% of its entire output of furniture for a period commencing December 23, 1943, and “terminating three months after the termination of the present war with Germany.” The parties attempted to spell out in detail those events which should fix the duration of…