Brown v. Trinidad Asphalt Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. Moses N. Sale, Judge. (1) The contract, for the breach of which this suit was brought, is a contract to manufacture.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. Moses N. Sale, Judge. (1) The contract, for the breach of which this suit was brought, is a contract to manufacture. The situation of the parties, plaintiff being, and being known by defendant to be, a manufacturer, and defendant seeking to obtain the exclusive agency in certain territory for the sale of plaintiff’s goods, and their previous dealings, clearly indicate that this contract was understood to be a manufacturing contract, and the contract itself, when' taken in its entirety, can bear no other interpretation. Geo. Delker & Có. v. Hess…
1Opinion of the Court
BURGESS, J. —
Plaintiff brought suit to recover of the defendant six thousand dollars damages for breach of contract.
After alleging the incorporation of the defendant company under the laws of Missouri, with chief office and place of business in the city of St. Louis, the petition proceeds as follows:
“Plaintiff states further that on November 21, 1900, and at all times hereinafter mentioned, he was engaged in business in the city of Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State of California, under the commercial name, style and title of the Southern Refining *264Company; that the business in- which…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Black River Lumber Co. v. WarnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- Rickey v. TenbroeckSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- Kingman & Co. v. Western Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1899
- Warren v. A. B. Mayer Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1901
- Chapman v. Kansas City, Clinton & Springfield Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1898
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Koenig v. Truscott Boat Manufacturing Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1911
- Seelig v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1921
- Klein v. JohnsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1915
- Gray v. CooperMissouri Court of Appeals · 1925
- Consolidated Flour Mills Co. v. MillerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1922
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