Merrill v. Merrill

Appellee recovered a judgment in the sum of $800 against appellant in an action of assumpsit for a balance due him as wages earned as a clerk for appellant in the latter’s store. Appellant and appellee are brothers, and appellee, prior to his last employment, had worked for appellant for a period of about 20 years, when he went into the restaurant business in which he remained until 1906, when he was again employed as clerk by appellant. Appellant owned a general merchandise store in the Village of Hinsboro wherein he sold dry goods, clothing, millinery, shoes, groceries, hardware, paints,…