Gillian v. Consolidated Foods Corp.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

David Gillian (Gillian), the sole owner of a business concern engaged in the sale of detergents under the name of “Uni-Clean Products” (Uni-Clean), on January 3, 1964, entered the employment of Consolidated Foods Corporation (Consolidated), pursuant to an oral agreement which he had negotiated with James R. Tyson (Tyson), vice-president and general manager of Consolidated. This oral agreement provided that Consolidated would purchase Uni-Clean’s inventory for $2,500, assume certain of Uni-Clean’s outstanding obligations and employ Gillian in a supervisory capacity…