Walnut Creek Pipe Distributors, Inc. v. Gates Rubber Co.

Defendant, Gates Rubber Company Sales Division, Inc., a Wyoming corporation, hereafter referred to as appellant or Gates, appeals from a portion of a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Walnut Creek Pipe Distributors, Inc., hereafter referred to as respondent or Pipe Distributors. This action, originally brought by Pipe Distributors, a California corporation in the business of selling sprinklers, garden hose and plastic pipe to retailers and commercial customers, and its employee, William C: Brumfield, alleged several causes of action arising out of the appellant’s cancellation of contracts…