Howard v. the Winton Co.

THE COURT.

Plaintiff instituted this action to recover $4,637.83 asserted to be owing to him for services rendered the defendant company as sales manager of its Los Angeles branch. Briefly, the complaint set forth that this sum was due under the terms of a written contract, dated October 20, 1919, alleged to have been executed by the parties to the action. The contract, a copy of which is incorporated in the complaint, specifies that the plaintiff is to receive, while serving as sales manager of defendant’s Los Angeles branch, $175 a month, and in addition thereto one per cent on all retail…