Kirkhof Manufacturing Corporation, a Michigan Corporation v. Sem-Torq, Inc., an Ohio Corporation

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Kirkhof Manufacturing Corporation, a Michigan manufacturer of resistance welding transformers and allied equipment, entered in 1957 into an exclusive sales agency contract with defendant, Sem-Torq, Inc., originally known as Kirkhof of Ohio, Inc., an Ohio corporation formed for the purpose of selling and servicing plaintiff’s products in Ohio. The contract was terminated by plaintiff under its provisions after two years. Plaintiff then brought action against defendant in the Northern District of Ohio for $11,862 due on an account. Defendant…