COLLETT v. Goodrich

WOLFE, Chief Justice.

Action upon an account for merchandise sold and delivered to appellant, Merrill Goodrich, by respondents’ assignor, Uinta Oil Refining Company, hereinafter called the Refining Co. Appellant admitted that he owed the Refining Co. some $19,000 for petroleum products sold to him, but counter-claimed for breach of an alleged contract for the exclusive right to sell the Refining Company’s products in the Uintah Basin. From the judgment and order dismissing his counter-claim, appellant appeals.

For several years prior to 1945, appellant distributed gasoline and petroleum…