Continental Illustrating Co. v. Longley Motor Sales Co.

This is an action of assumpsit and is now before the court on the plaintiff’s bill of exceptions. After a trial in the Superior Court the jury returned a verdict for the defendant; the plaintiff then duly filed a motion for a new trial which was denied by the trial justice.

The action is based upon a written order signed by the defendant ordering plaintiff to ship to it, “52 cuts . . ■ . and reading matter for our exclusive use for one year in advertising the auto supply business in the city of Pawtucket, State of R. I. only.”

The order is dated July 24, 1919, and "was accepted by the…