Blair v. Kingman Implement Co.

Calkins, C.

This was an action in equity to reform a written contract of employment. The defendant, the Kingman Implement Company of Omaha, was one of several corporations whose names commenced with the name “Kingman,” and whose headquarters were in Peoria, Illinois. Among the others were Kingman & Company and the Kingmán Plow Company. Martin Kingman was the founder of these corporations and the president of each of them. The several corporations were in law distinct, but the general management was in the hands of Mr. Martin Kingman, and they were treated as if they were all branches of one…