STANTON v. TEXAS COMPANY

No. 16436.

249 F.2d 344 (1957)

C. C. STANTON, trading and doing business as Stanton Oil Company, Appellant, v. The TEXAS COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 18, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rhydon C. Latham (of Latham & Mizell), Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.

Cyril C. Copp, Jacksonville, Fla., William S. Clarke, Houston, Tex., Amzy B. Steed, New York City, Milton Handler, New York City, Oscar John Dorwin, Stanley D. Robinson, Charles L. Mandelstam, New York City, of counsel, for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Brought by plaintiff, a wholesale distributor of Shell Oil products, against defendant, the Texas Company, another marketer of petroleum products, the suit was for allegedly inducing a breach of contract between plaintiff and Horne's of Bayard, Inc., the operator of a gasoline service station and candy store in Bayard, Florida, which plaintiff had previously supplied.

In addition to compensatory damages, plaintiff, alleging that the...

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