Holton v. Monarch Motor Car Co.

Plaintiffs entered into a written contract with defendant in June, 1914, which gave them the right to sell defendant’s motor cars in United States and Canada, for a period commencing on July 1, 1914, and ending on June 30, 1915. Plaintiffs entered at once upon the work of selling cars, establishing agencies and obtaining contracts from dealers, and at the same time expended in various forms of advertising the sum of $5,037.06. On September 16, 1914, defendant wrote plaintiffs the following letter, canceling the contract:

“In consideration of the fact that the present 4-cyl-inder model is…