Meyers v. Brown-Forman Distillery Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Ratliff-

-Affirming.

The appellant was the plaintiff below and appellee was the defendant. We will refer to the parties according to their respective positions in the trial court.

On September 21, 1936, plaintiff and defendant entered into a written contract (to be effective as of September 1, 1936), by the terms of which, among other things, defendant employed plaintiff as a salesman for the state of Arkansas, his duties to consist only of soliciting orders in the state of Arkansas for the product (whisky) of defendant and transmitting such orders to the office of…