Lynas v. Maxwell Farms

The defendant corporation is engaged in the business of distributing milk in the city of Birmingham and its vicinity. Mr. Maxwell Case, the president of the defendant company, and plaintiff had for many years been close personal friends. As a result of such friendship, Mr. Case, on numerous occasions during the years, had been instrumental in securing positions for plaintiff with various companies engaged in milk.distribution.

In 1926 plaintiff terminated his employment in New York and accepted a position with a creamery in Detroit offered to him by Case. This employment lasted for a period of…