Legal Opinion
Mortlock v. Williams
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided October 18, 1889PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Error to Wayne. (Reilly, J.) Assumpsit. Plaintiff brings error. The facts, and points of counsel passed upon by the Court, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
Plaintiff brought suit in the circuit court for Wayne county. The declaration was on the common counts in assumpsitj and also a special count setting up a written contract in the following terms:
“Utica, N. Y., 25th Jan., 1888.
“We do hereby agree to pay E. Mortlock a salary of one thousand (1,000.00) dollars for the year 1888; also four (4) per cent, on all goods sold and delivered in excess of twenty-five thousand (25,000) dollars. All goods returned to be deducted. Also to pay said Mortlock’s traveling expenses while on the road selling goods from samples.
“ Williams & Wight.
“Accepted. E.…
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