Salon v. W. M. Finck & Co.

Appellant seeks to recover com-' pensation for an advertising idea which he allegedly invented and which was used by defendant, for the creation of which he claims never to have been paid. He further seeks to recover on an alleged oral contract of employment for a year as he was discharged by defendant in midyear with but 30 days’ notice.

Defendant is a manufacturer of overalls and sells its products to dealers in Michigan and other states. Since 1902 it has used-the trade slogan, “They wear like a pig’s nose.” Pictures and other devices featuring a model pig have been its best-known trade…