Johnson v. Ben Olson Company

Tolman J.

Respondents, having developed and begun the manufacture in a small way of an ammonia ice machine, designed for use in ice cream parlors, drug stores, and other like retail establishments, and having sold and placed in operation some six or seven, only, of these machines in places of business in the city of Tacoma, in May, 1925, entered into a written contract with the appellant which forms the basis of this action.

By the terms of the contract, appellant was granted the exclusive right to sell the ice machine in Pierce county, Washington, for a period of five years. Respondents…