Key legal question
Whether the parties' written agreement was to be qualified as an agency contract.
Extracted holding
The agreement contained the essential elements of an agency contract, in particular a duty to induce customers to buy from X., a continuing relationship, and reciprocal notice periods.
Extracted reasoning
The court distinguished the contract from brokerage, commission, employment, and simple mandate by emphasizing the duty to act, the ongoing nature of the relationship, and the one-year mutual termination period characteristic of agency.