American Oil Co. v. Byrd

This is an appeal from adjudgment for damages for an alleged breach by the appellant of a contract alleged to have been made by it with the appellee. The appellant is a corporation engaged in the sale of gasoline, lubricating oil, and other petroleum products, and the appellee sued it for the breach of a contract which he claims and which we will assume for the sake of the argument, that he made with it to sell for it gasoline, lubricating oil, and other petroleum products at Amite City, La., for a stipulated commission on the quantity thereof sold by him. The appellee went to Amite City, and…