Barnsdall Refineries, Inc. v. Birnamwood Oil Co.

LINDLEY, District Judge.

Appellee, a wholesale dealer in gasoline and other petroleum products, brought suit in the District Court against appellant, a refiner of such commodities, upon a contract between the two, dated June 20, 1931, to recover the stipulated amount paid upon an alleged overcharge for “Be Square” gasoline purchased during the life of the contract. At the conclusion of the trial, the court directed a verdict for appellee and entered judgment for the stipulated amount.

The contract provided that appellee should buv and appellant should sell all gas'oline and oils which appellee…