Meglemry v. Gebhardt Chili Powder Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John K. Prindiville, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Barnes
4. Damages, § 61*—measure of damages when agent wrongfully discharged by his principal. "Where an agent was employed for a term of years to introduce new commodities into a new field under a contract whereby he was to receive a commission on goods actually sold, pay his own expenses, employ his own men, and maintain an office at his own expense, the measure of damages for his wrongful discharge may be based on what he might earn during the unexpired term of his contract so as to include future profits, and damages need not be confined to proof of commissions earned before and owing at the…
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