Evers v. Gilfoil

On April 1, 1916, the plaintiff sold his furniture and house furnishings business to the defendant’s intestate, John F. Gilfoil, who had been in the plaintiff’s employ for many years. The purchase price was $24,000, secured by a mortgage upon the property so sold, and was payable at the rate of $400 a month.

At the time of the sale there was in the employ of the plaintiff one Dudley, who had charge of the furniture department; his employment was under a written contract, entered into with the plaintiff several years previously, by the terms of which Dudley was to receive $40 a week for a…