Legal Opinion
Wood v. Hutchinson Coal Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 27, 1949No. 5907PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
Leighton S. Wood, a sales agent in the coal business, sues Hutchinson Coal Company, the owner of coal mines in Logan County, West Virginia, for commissions in the sum of $18,946 on sales of coal made by by the company which he claims he should have been allowed to make under the con*683tract between them. At the trial below the judge directed a verdict for the defendant. The question is whether the principal in a nonexclusive sales agency contract may compete with the agent so as to deprive him of commissions on sales which the principal makes without the agent’s assistance…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Emerson v. AckermanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Mullen & Woods, Inc. v. 615 West 57th Street, Inc.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1933
- Gilbert v. QuinlanNew York Supreme Court · 1891
- M. J. Harris Co. v. Buckeye-Sheriff Street Realty Co.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1941
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