Fruth v. Gaston

BAUGH, Justice.

Appellant sued appellee for an accounting and to recover $8,750 compensation alleged to be due him for services rendered under an employment contract with appellee between September 1, 1937, and December 24, 1942. The contract alleged was that he was employed by appellee as salesman, buyer and manager of the men’s furnishing department of appellee’s dry goods business in Austin, Texas, on an agreed compensation of $42.50 per week salary, and in addition thereto ¼% of the gross sales of his department for managerial duties; ¾% for buying and selling; and a reasonable percentage,…