Standard Oil Co. v. Gilbert & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Contracts. Principal and agent. Revocation. Before Judge Harden. City court of Savannah. July term, 1889. Action on account against Gilbert & Co.; and plea of set-off, with prayer'for judgment for the excess claimed over plaintiff’s demand. Yerdict in favor of the defendants for that excess. The decision states the facts of the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
There was no dispute or controversy as to the facts. Their legal significance, nothing else, was for determination, the parties having agreed that the only question should be whether the contract could be terminated before October 1st by the notice of December 15th, 1886. The presiding judge decided this question in the negative, and directed a verdict accordingly. The notice referred to, dated December 15th, 1886, was m these terms : “Owing to the present low prices of oil, *715and the possibility of a continuance of the same, we cannot, after December 31st, 1886,…
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