Legal Opinion
James W. Kippen v. American Automatic Typewriter Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 18, 1963No. 18496PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.
This action to recover damages for breach of contract was brought by James W. Kippen, a citizen of California against American Automatic Typewriter Company (American), an Illinois corporation. The alleged breach of contract resulted from American’s termination of' plaintiff’s distributorship. Federal jurisdiction rests on diversity of citizenship.
The district court found that prior to his death in June of 1960, Kippen’s father had been the exclusive representative and distributor of American’s office equipment machinery in the San Francisco area. Upon his decease,…
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