Stanley Trading Co. v. Bensdorp, Inc.

Judgment for $30,000 damages has gone against defendant-appellant based upon the breach, after the lapse of one year, of a contract under which plaintiff became exclusive sales agent of defendant in a large part of the United States for a term of ten years. The contract recites that defendant, in turn, “has the sole and exclusive importation of all of the products of Bensdorp, N. V. of Bussun, the Netherlands, said products being cocoa, chocolate, candy and all derivatives of the cocoa bean”. Otherwise the record indicates nothing concerning the nature, history, permanence or business…