Nyman v. B. S. Chapin, Inc.

Plaintiff Joseph Nyman was engaged for one year by defendant B. S. Chapin, Inc., as manager of the basement department of a retail store in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The contract of employment was not reduced to writing. Both parties agree that plaintiff’s salary was to be $75 per week, but the,y are in total disagreement as to the bonus plaintiff was to receive at the end of the year of employment. Plaintiff claims that it was to amount to 10 per cent, of the increase in the gross receipts of the basement department over those of the previous year. Defendant denies this, and claims that if at…