International Shoe Co. v. Herndon

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

Action upon an account for goods sold and delivered, amounting to $467.59, between April 4, 1923, and June 23, 1923.

The defendant in his answer admitted the sale and delivery of the goods as alleged, and set up a counterclaim in substance as follows: That in March, 1915, he bought a bill of shoes from the plaintiff, in consideration of which the plaintiff “entered into a parol agreement with the defendant, C. H. Herndon, trading as Herndon Clothing Store, wherein it contracted and agreed that the defendant should have the exclusive…