Johnson v. Hoosier Drill Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of" Fayette cowivt/y: Of October and November Term 1881, No. 20J. Debt, by the Hoosier Drill Company against John C. Johnson to recover the price of five drills sold by defendant as their agent. On the trial, before Willson, P. J., the following facts appeared.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of" Fayette cowivt/y: Of October and November Term 1881, No. 20J. Debt, by the Hoosier Drill Company against John C. Johnson to recover the price of five drills sold by defendant as their agent. On the trial, before Willson, P. J., the following facts appeared. On December 13th 1878, plaintiff entered into articles of agreement with defendant, whereby the latter was constituted plaintiff’s sole agent for the sale of the agricultural implements made by them in certain townships of Fayette county. These articles contained, inter alia, the following clauses:…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
The Hoosier Drill Company, plaintiffs below, appointed the defendant their agent to make sale of their agricultural implements in certain townships of Fayette county. The article of agreement between the parties, after having in express terms created such agency, contains this further provision : “In consideration of the said agency, the said J. C. Johnson & Co. hereby agrees to make every reasonable effort to sell as many of *219said implements, in said territory, as the trade therein will demand, by thoroughly and diligently canvassing the territory herein mentioned during the season, and also…
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