Simms v. Burnette
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A. Appeal from the 'Circuit Court for Duval County. The facts- in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCockrell, J.
—This is an appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to a bill praying that Burnette be enjoined from engaging in the liquor business in the state of Florida.
The allegations of the bill show that Burnette, a drug clerk in Asheville, N. C. was employed as book-keeper by Simms, an extensive wholesale liquor dealer in Jacksonville, the terms of the contract being embodied in the two letters here set out:
“April 9th, 1906.
Mfr. C. B. Burnette,
Asheville, N. C.
Dear Sir:—I will be pleased to have you enter my employ as book-keeper. I will pay you a salary of one *704hundred dollars per month for a…
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