Child v. Detroit Manufacturing Co.

The plaintiff entered into a written contract with the defendant for his services for one year, as traveling salesman, in selling a certain patent cooking crock, and other articles of the defendant’s manufacture. The following is a copy of the written contract between the parties:

“ Detroit, Mich., April 18, 1887.

“Mr. Robert D. Child,

“Baltimore, Md.

“Dear *Sir: We desire to employ you as a traveling *625salesman for a period of one year from this date, at a salary of twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400) per annum, payable semi-monthly, in amounts of $100 each. We also will allow your expenses on…