Robinson v. Durabilt Mfg. Co.

Durabilt Manufacturing Company, defendant-in-error, here, was the owner of a machine called a crop drier which it sold wholesale in various states of the union. Dixon Bobinson, plaintiff-in-error here, was experienced in the distribution and sale of articles of this nature in the southern states. Durabilt Manufacturing Company and Robinson entered into an oral contract whereby it was agreed that Bobinson should have the exclusive agency for the sale of this machine in a number of southern states, including Mississippi. He was to pay Durabilt $700 for each machine and sell it for whatever…