Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. Grovier-Starr Produce Co.

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

Based upon the breach of an alleged oral contract, whereby the appellee (herein called Grovier-Starr), became the wholesale distributor for the products of the appellant (herein called Anheuser-Busch), as long as Anheuser-Busch manufactured beer and Grovier-Starr faithfully performed its services in business, Grovier-Starr recovered a judgment for $50,019.43 in the District Court of Kansas, Anheuser-Busch has appealed.

Anheuser-Busch denied the existence of a contract as alleged or the authority of its agent to make the same on its behalf, but admitted that on the date…