Renner v. John T. Stanley Co.

I do not agree with the defendant’s contention that the agreement sued on lacked mutuality, and that the relation of the parties was a mere agency at will, revoked by the letter of March 8, 1929. While it is true that the plaintiff did not. expressly promise to devote his time to the sale of the defendant’s goods, or to use his best efforts to obtain or induce orders from the Merlin Products Corporation, the omission is not fatal. It seems to me that the inevitable and plain construction of the letter of February 25, 1929, is that defendant would pay plaintiff a five per cent commission on…