Legal Opinion
O'Rourke v. Percy Vittum Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 26, 1926No. 25,002PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, 0.
The Percy Yittum Company is a corporation engaged' in the business of selling live stock on commission at the stockyards in South St. Paul. It does not buy live stock nor own any, but acts only as a sales agent for shippers. Percy Vittum is president of the company and has and exercises control over all its employes. He owns a farm of some 250 acres five or six miles from the stockyards on which he has a manager who carries on the farming operations and hires and discharges the farm employes. Vittum as an individual buys cattle, sheep and hogs from time to time and has employes of…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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3Cited by50 opinions
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