Becker v. Warren

Plaintiff Becker is the retail sales representative of the manufacturer of Wurlitzer pianos and organs, with territory in certain counties in the northern part of the lower peninsula of Michigan. Defendant Yahey sells Baldwin pianos and organs in the same territory. Defendant Warren is a salesman for Vahey.

Plaintiff filed a bill of complaint in the circuit court for Kent county in chancery, alleging that Warren had been making false statements about the Wurlitzer manufacturer and the Wurlitzer organ as a result of which St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Big Rapids had refused to purchase an…