Burnell v. Schmidt

BROWN, Justice.

Appellee J. H. Schmidt, a former employee of the Burnell Fish Company, which was *552a copartnership owned and conducted by appellant B. ⅛ Burnell and others who are not parties to this suit, to which business appellant B. B. Burnell succeeded in ownership by reason of having- bought out all the other partners, brought suit in the county court of Cameron county at law against B. B. Burnell to recover the sum of $840 as extra compensation or commission which Schmidt claimed was owing to him on account of his employment, and further sued for the sum of $42.50, alleged to be owing to…