Cessna Aircraft Company, a Corporation v. Aviation, Inc., a Corporation

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

This was an action in which Aviation, Inc., the appellee, sought to recover a commission from appellant, Cessna Aircraft Company, for the sale of an airplane. The trial court directed the jury to return a verdict for plaintiff for $10,-853.23 and interest.

The facts concerning which there is no dispute are these. On November 17, 1953, Cessna entered into a distributor’s contract with Aviation, Inc., of Tulsa, Oklahoma, under which Aviation, Inc., was appointed Cessna’s distributor to sell Cessna’s airplanes in territory assigned to it. The contract contained many…