Hall v. French-American Wine Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the French-American Wine Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 17th day of February, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 9th day of March, 1911, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
On the 25th of August, 1908, the plaintiff and the defendant entered into a written contract, whereby the latter employed the former as its sole agent for the sale of wines and brandies, at prices and upon terms and conditions to be fixed by it, in the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the District of Columbia. The plaintiff was to receive $1 a barrel on all sales made either by him, or by the defendant directly within that territory, and he agreed to push the sale of the defendant’s products in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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