Dunlap Hardware Co. v. E. F. Elmberg Co.

The appellee, as the manufacturer of a certain type of feed grinder, and a belt attachment for use in connecting the grinder with a Ford car, entered into a written contract with appellant company on May 3, 1920, by the terms of which it appointed the appellant company its exclusive agent for the sale of its grinders and belt attachments, in an extensive territory. The contract recites in part that appellant has purchased from appellee 250 grinders and 250 belt attachments, at a price of $18.50 each, f. o. b. Parkersburg, Iowa; that the machines are to be paid for by depositing a $1,000…