Smith v. Eldridge Motors, Inc.

Eldridge Motors, Inc., a corporation, for some time prior to 1936, had been the agent, in the state of Washington, for the sale of Buick automobiles, and maintained its principal office in the city of Seattle. It had a branch in Spokane, the Spokane manager testifying that, while the Seattle office was a distributor, the Spokane office was simply a dealer, selling over twice as many used as new cars, and that only one salesman in the employ of the Spokane office was accustomed to attempt to sell cars outside of Spokane county, the other salesmen operating in Spokane and in “the surrounding…