Reynolds v. Reeder

Plaintiff brought an action for the breach of a contract of employment. The declaration alleged:

“ For that whereas, heretofore, to -wit, on the 10th day of October, A. D. 1892, at the city of Grand Rajiids, the said plaintiff, at the defendants’ request, entered into an agreement with the said defendants, whereby said plaintiff bargained to work for said defendants as a traveling salesman for the term of one year from the 10th day of October, 1892, and said defendants, in consideration of such services, agreed to pay said plaintiff for his said services the sum of $800 a year’s services, in…