Price v. Davis

This is a suit by a discharged employee for compensation for services rendered his employer and for damages resulting from his alleged wrongful discharge. Defendant was engaged in the merchandise brokerage business in St. Joseph, under the trade name of R. M. Davis Brokerage Company, which later was changed to the Davis-Price Brokerage Company, and plaintiff was employed as the real manager of the business from October 1, 1907 to February 10,1913, when he was discharged.

The petition is in three counts. In the first it is alleged that on October 1, 1907, defendant employed plaintiff as…