C. F. Blanks Tea & Coffee Co. v. Rees Printing Co.

Duffie, C. .

Plaintiff in error is a corporation organized for the purpose of dealing in teas, coffees and other like articles, with its principal place of business in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Defendant in error is a corporation conducting a printing and lithographing business in the city of Omaha, Nebraska. Sometime prior to the year 1901, plaintiff in error contracted with Charles Spies & Co., a partnership doing business at Kansas City, Missouri, to give them the exclusive sale of its goods in certain states, including the state of Nebraska. Spies & Co. were not acting as the agent…