Huntington v. Jacob Haish Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottaiuattamie District Court. — Ti-iomas Arthur, Judge. Action by an agent employed to sell goods on commission, for damages for breach of the contract on the part of the principal. The petition was in three counts. Count 1 was dismissed by plaintiff. The court directed a verdict in favor of defendant on Counts 2 and 3, and the plaintiff appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtFaville, J.
1. Contracts: construction: reasonable contemplation of parties. — The appellant was a traveling salesman, skilled in the business of selling gasoline engines. The appellee is a manufacturing company, with its principal place of business at De Kalb, Illinois, engaged in the manufacture and sale of various implements, among them being gasoline engines, known as the ‘ ‘ Chanticleer ’ ’ engines.
On or about .the 13th day of January, 1915, the parties entered into a written contract, by the terms of which the appellant was to promote the sale of said gasoline engines for appellee in the state of…
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