Buchholtz v. Bert Goodman Signs, Inc.

This appeal involves a controversy between a principal and an agent as to the time when their agency relationship terminated. The solution of that issue will determine whether or not the principal is liable to the agent for commissions during the period in dispute.

On January 1, 1961, the appellant, Herbert Buchholtz, was retained by the appellee, Bert Goodman Signs, Inc., of Baltimore, to act as its sales agent and representative in the New York City area. The appellee was in the business of manufacturing signs for food chain stores. At first there was an oral agreement that Buchholtz would…