Siegel, Cooper & Co. v. Schueck

Mr. Presiding Justice Shepard

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This action, begun originally before a justice of the peace and from there taken by appeal to the Circuit Court, was brought by the appellee against the appellant corporation to recover $40 withheld from the salary of the appellee, who was a salesman in the employment of appellant.

In each court the appellee recovered the amount of his claim, and upon this appeal the question is baldly presented, whether any recovery by him can be sustained.

The circumstances out of which the claim of appellee arose, were briefly as follows:

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