Krause v. Cook

The defendant was a hardware dealer in Fowlerville, and the plaintiff was his clerk. Previous to his employment of the plaintiff, the defendant, at the solicitation of one Parker, purchased some stock in a western mine, after making a personal examination of the property. It is inferable that an arrangement was made between him and Parker, that defendant should receive a commission of 10 per cent, on all sales of stock in said mine which he should make for Parker. He succeeded in making sales to the plaintiff and several others, and, the investment proving unsatisfactory, the plaintiff…