Bianconi v. Lyall

LA PRADE, Chief Justice.

Defendant appeals from a judgment based upon a verdict awarding plaintiff ■damages under a contract of employment.

The facts are these: plaintiff, E. L. Lyall, was employed by defendant, J. F. Bi.anconi, to work in the latter’s business of •constructing irrigation ditches in the Yuma, Arizona area. The parties orally agreed that Lyall was to be compensated by a weekly salary plus twenty percent of the net profits of the business. To enable plaintiff to estimate his share of the profits business records were given him at various times. Plaintiff became dissatisfied with…