Carleno Coal Sales, Inc. v. Ramsay Coal Co.

We will hereinafter refer to the parties to this action as they appeared in the trial court, where plaintiff in error was plaintiff and defendant in error was defendant.

March 31, 1944, the parties entered into a written contract, under the terms of which defendant appointed plaintiff “exclusive distributor for all coal produced” at the mines operated by it, except the right reserved to sell to named railway companies. After approximately three years, during which the parties operated under the terms of said contract, defendant, in April, 1947, served upon plaintiff a notice of termination of…