Adams v. Shemwell

Shemwell sued Adams, setting up a contract of employment entered into by correspondence, that he was employed to handle defendant’s accounting department and sell lumber, defendant agreeing to pay a salary of $150 per month. The suit was for a balance of $383.78 alleged to be due upon commissions earned. It was alleged that he worked in the capacity stated from June 15, 1924, to November 1, 1924, when he ceased to have charge of the accounting department, but continued in defendant’s employment, cheeking accounts, buying, and selling.

Defendant answered by exceptions, general denial, and a…