Legal Opinion

United Autographic Register Co. v. Wight

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 23, 1921No. 5518PublishedCited by 3 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri; John C. Pollock, Judge. Action by Clarence E. Wight against the United Autographic Register Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

STONE, Circuit Judge.

Error by defendant from a judgment for plaintiff , in a suit upon a written contract.

Plaintiff alleged in his petition the execution by the parties of a written contract, under which he was to have the exclusive right to sell certain stationery supplies in territory specified, and to receive the commissions specified in said contract, according to the kind and character of goods sold and of place of sale; that plaintiff, by said agreement, was empowered to appoint under him assistant salesmen to work under his direction, at plaintiff’s cost and expense; that defendant was…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hamilton v. Home InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Mutual Fire Ins. of New York v. AlvordCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1894
  3. Connecticut Fire Ins. v. HamiltonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1893
  4. Crossley v. Connecticut Fire Ins.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1886
  5. Green v. American Cotton Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Tennessee · 1901

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Steranko v. Inforex, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1977
  2. Travelers Ins. Co. v. WelchCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936
  3. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. v. Bynum Bynum v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951

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