Wyckoff v. Victor Sewing Machine Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Calhoun. Injunction. Bill to enjoin the prosecution of a suit at law upon a contract of agency made with a sewing machine company, and to avoid the contract and the bond given to secure its enforcement. Belief was given, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
If it be true, as complainants allege, that at the time Wyckoff signed the agreement of April 1, 1874, whereby he became agent for the sale of machines for defendant, it was agreed between him and Martin by whom the agreement was made on behalf of the company, that the latter should hold the agreement in escrow and not deliver it until a supplemental agreement modifying the third article was entered into, then the complainant should have the relief prayed for. The third article was the one which bore particularly hard upon agents, especially in periods when business was dull and depressed as…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Smith v. HamiltonMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
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