Steelduct Co. v. Henger-Seltzer Co.

Plaintiff asks damages for breach by defendants of an exclusive sales agency contract under which defendants had been marketing plaintiff’s products. From a judgment for defendants entered pursuant to jury verdict plaintiff appeals, contending, among other things, that the court erred to its prejudice in certain instructions given the jury. We have concluded that such contention must be sustained and the judgment reversed.

In order that the application and effect of the instructions complained of may be more readily comprehended it is expedient, before quoting them, to relate some history of…