Johnstown Tribune Pub. Co. v. Briggs

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The appellee entered into a written contract with the appellant, the Johnstown Tribune Publishing Company. By the terms of this contract, the appellee agreed to secure for the appellant advertisements to be published in a weekly business review page for five periods consisting of thirty weeks each, and the appellant agreed to pay the appellee 50 per cent, of the gross receipts. The contract was executed for the first two periods, but thereafter the appellant discontinued…