Benfield v. HK Porter Company, Inc.

Plaintiff-appellee instituted this action, seeking damages for breach of an oral contract, alleging that defendant did not give the required 60-day notice of termination of said contract. Plaintiff-appellee is a sales representative, defendant-appellant a manufacturer of electrical products. The jury awarded damages to plaintiff-appellee in the amount of $8,929.34. Appellant is not contesting the evidence of an oral contract, but alleges error as to determination of the measure of damages.

On June 25,1958, appellee contracted with Bennett Associates, the exclusive sale agents for National…