Wiggins v. Graham

The defendant was a merchant, and employed the plaintiff as clerk to take charge of and manage his business for one year ending March, 1871, for which he agreed to pay him one-third *18of the net profits. This action was brought on this agreement, and the petition alleges that the net profits of the business amounted to $1,998.28, of which the plaintiff claimed one-third as the amount due him under the agreement. The agreement is admitted by the answer, but the defendant denies that there were any net profits. Whether there were any net profits or not was the issue presented by the pleadings and…