In re the Assignment of the George T. Smith Middlings Purifier Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne. (Hosmer, J.) Submitted on briefs April, 27, 1894. Decided May 22, 1894. Petition that the receivers of an insolvent corporation be directed to pay to the petitioner the amount of a decree in his favor as a preferred claim, under Act No. 94, Laws of 1887. Petitioner appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
The petitioner was for several years in the-employ of the George T. Smith Middlings Purifier Company as its general collecting agent. He had a written contract during the year 1.883, which was renewed in 1884. He continued in the same employment under the terms of the written contract uuti.1 he was discharged, in January, 1887. February 11, of that year, he commenced an action at law in the circuit court for Jackson county. The declaration ivas on the common counts. A bill of particulars was filed, the items of which are substantially as follows:
For salary as agent for one…
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