Linn v. Gilman

Some account of the origin of this controversy and of its character, is necessary at the outset. The plaintiffs were wholesale grocers at Detroit and in January, *6321871, they hired the defendant, Gilman, as an agent to travel for them and make sales and collections. He was to-receive a salary and have his expenses borne. He continued until the year 1878 but the terms underwent variation. The-particulars are not now important. The course pursued by mutual acquiescence and assent was for the defendant to-make trips occupying a few days and on his return report a gross sum as paid for expenses…