De Luz v. Board

Fox, President:

The defendant, C. W. Board, doing business as the National Scale & Fixture Company, was, in May, 1949, engaged in the business of distributing store and restaurant fixtures, including refrigerating machines, with headquarters in Charleston, West Virginia, and the territory in which he operated included southern West Virginia. He had a number of men employed to sell on commission the equipment he handled, and about May, 1949, he employed the plaintiffs, Louis A. DeLuz and F. E. Newhouse, for that purpose. They continued to work for the defendant until the latter part of July or…