Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. Waldo

Plaintiff, successor to the White Star Refining Company, declared on the common counts in assumpsit for the price of certain petroleum products furnished defendant and resold by the latter at retail. Defendant’s answer admitted the items in question, with the exception of certain rebates claimed by him. The controversy involves the matters raised by defendant’s counterclaim in which he claims damages for breach, by plaintiff’s predecessor, of an alleged contract whereby he was to be made wholesale distributor of plaintiff’s prod uets in the city of Kalamazoo and certain territory adjacent…