Lavens v. Lieb
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Charles A. Lieb, "from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rew York on the. 28th day of February, 1896, upon the report of a referee.
1Opinion of the CourtRumsey, J.
In the month of May, 1890, Lavens went into the employ of the defendant in the shops of the Lieb Machine Company for five years from the date of the contract, upon an agreement that Lieb would pay him at the rate of sixty-five dollars a week, and on the first day ■of January of each year, a further sum, equal to fifteen per cent of the net profits of the business less the sum of fifteen dollars per week for each year or part of the year during which the profits were ■estimated. The contract, by its terms, was to continue until the 1st day of May, 1895. On the 7th day of March, 1893, Lavens…
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