BYRNE v. SHELL OIL COMPANY

No. 13311.

295 F.2d 797 (1961)

Eileen K. BYRNE, Executrix of the Estate of Maurice C. Byrne, etc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Slifkin, New York City, Owen Rall and Herbert C. Loth, Jr., Chicago, Ill. (Timothy I. McKnight and Peterson, Lowry, Rall, Barber & Ross, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellant.

John J. Yowell, G. Kent Yowell and William R. Yowell, Chicago, Ill. (Yowell, Long, Macdonald & Yowell, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellee.

Before DUFFY, KNOCH, and KILEY, Circuit Judges.


KILEY, Circuit Judge.

This diversity suit for damages is based upon allegations of a breach by Shell Oil Company of an oral contract to purchase advertising devices designed, and to be manufactured, by the plaintiff's decedent. Verdict and judgment were in plaintiff's favor for $46,200. Shell has appealed.

R. L. Williams, sales promotion advertising representative for Shell in its Chicago Division, was directed by superiors to begin the development of an ...

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