Detrick v. Ranch Wholesale Supply of Redmond, Inc.

Plaintiff sued suit for an accounting and payment of a bonus allegedly due him under an oral employment contract as manager of defendant’s general store. The trial court entered a decree in favor of plaintiff in an amount based on a bonus of 10 percent of the net profits of defendant after adding back the salaries of the directors, bonuses previously received by plaintiff, income taxes paid by the corporation and other adjustments for inventory and aircraft expenses for the years 1971 through July 14, 1976.

Defendant employer appeals, asserting that the trial court erred(1) in recomputing “net…