Rogers v. Westinghouse Electric Supply Co.

LOONEY, Justice.

A. C. Rogers, plaintiff, sued Westinghouse Electric Supply Company, Inc., to recover damages — actual and exemplary — alleging breach by defendant of a dealer’s contract between the parties.

Defendant, a Texas corporation doing business in the city of Dallas, was distributor of Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company’s refrigerators and equipment within a prescribed territory, including the city of Dallas; it being alleged by plaintiff that, on September 24, 1931, he and defendant company entered into a dealer’s contract, whereby plaintiff was given the right to resell…