Lafferty v. Cole

J. W. Lafferty, plaintiff, engaged in the advertising business in the city of. Grand Rapids, had periodically over a number" of years performed advertising services for the laundry and dry cleaning business of Herbert W. Cole,'[defendant. Defendant paid all the direct advertising expenses and .plaintiff made a fiat monthly charge for his services in the preparation of copy, et cetera.

In the early part of 1947, plaintiff and defendant discussed with Mr. Greenlees, an experienced furrier, the establishing of a fur business in conjunction with defendant’s dry cleaning and laundry business. They…