E.F. Higgins, Inc. v. Kuhlman Die Casting Co.

SMITH, Judge.

Defendants appeal from a judgment against them of $250,000 in a court-tried contract case. We affirm.

Plaintiff was a manufacturer’s representative for defendants. The relationship commenced in 1950 and was terminated in 1979.1 Defendants are in the die-casting business and are closely held corporations whose principal owner is L.O. Kuhlman. In 1950 Kuhlman was in the initial stages of developing his die-casting business. Pursuant to a verbal agreement, E.F. Higgins obtained a die-casting contract for Kuhl-man from Killark Electric Company. On October 2,1950, Kuhlman wrote to…