Legal Opinion
Cofer v. WOFFORD OIL CO. OF GEORGIA
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 28, 1952No. 33882PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSxjtton, C. J.
The contract sued on was one whereby the defendant was to give the plaintiffs the exclusive right to sell goods, purchased from the defendant, in a certain territory for a period of ten years, and in return the plaintiffs were to sell and deliver these goods and also to purchase the stock of the former agent. The testimony of Ed Cofer, one of the plaintiffs, was to the effect that he would not take the business for a shorter time than ten years, and the damages claimed by the plaintiffs were the expected profits from the agency over a ten-year period. The contract was one not to be performed…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- F. & W. Grand Five-Ten-Twenty-Five Cent Stores Inc. v. EisemanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1925
- Simonton, Jones & Hatcher v. Liverpool, London & Globe InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
- Bentley v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Bagwell v. MilamCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
- Graham v. TheisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1873
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3Cited by9 opinions
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