Legal Opinion
Edmund D. Hewins, Inc. v. Marlboro Cotton Mills
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 1, 1922PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The plaintiff is a manufacturer’s selling agent. In August, 1915, Edmund D. Hewins, its president, met the defendant’s president, Robert Chapman, at its mills in South Carolina, and discussed the matter of the plaintiff’s selling the defendant’s goods. Hewins testified that Chapman orally promised that if the plaintiff should thereafter submit any business to the *284defendant which should be accepted, the defendant would pay the plaintiff a commission on it and would also pay the plaintiff a commission on any other business which the defendant might at any time thereafter do with that customer,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Carnig v. CarrMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Gassett v. GlazierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Marshall Engine Co. v. New Marshall Engine Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Elwell v. State Mutual Life Assurance Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Daniell v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Cohen v. Bartgis Bros.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942
- Kirkley v. F. H. Roberts Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Columbia Pictures Corp. v. DeTothCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
- Eastern Paper & Box Co. v. Herz Manufacturing Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Burkle v. Superflow Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
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