Richardson v. Eagle Machine Works

Suit by George O. Eichardson against the Eagle Machine Works.

The complaint stated that, on the 1st day of February, 1876, the defendant employed the plaintiff as travelling salesman and agent for the term of one year, and agreed to pay him $125 per month, or $1,500 per annum; that the plaintiff entered upon such employment and continued in the service of *423the defendant until the 31st day of October, 1876, at which time the defendant, without proper cause, discharged him from its service and refused to pay him his proper wages from and after that date; that afterward, on the 20th day of…