Walker v. Jenkins

(After stating the foregoing facts.) Only the fifth and seventh headnotes require elaboration. Where a contract of the character set forth in the statement of facts is breached by the employer, and the salesman sues for damages alleged to consist in the loss of profits which he would have earned directly under the contract but for its breach, the petition will be held good on demurrer if it furnishes reasonable data for computation, and if the loss is such as must have been within the contemplation of the parties when entering the contract. Damages which are the legal and natural result of…