Tichnor Bros. v. Evans
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by court at the June Term, 1917, Bennington County, Slack, J., presiding. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
In the spring of 1914, the plaintiffs, through their traveling salesman, Pierce, sold the defendant a bill of *279goods which included the post card sets here in controversy. At the time of the sale, Pierce told the defendant that if he would buy the sets at the price named, he, Pierce, would not sell like sets tó any one else in the town. Upon this assurance, the defendant made the purchase. The plaintiffs did not keep this agreement, but at sometime during the following winter, they sold similar sets to one of the defendant's competitors doing business on the same street. The defendant learned…
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