Murray v. Hamilton Beach Manufacturing Co.

The defendant, prior to the month of .February, 1920, was engaged in the manufacture of various electrical and other specialties, and the plaintiff was employed by it as a traveling salesman. In the year 1920 the defendant, who was manufacturing a certain carpet-washer machine, planned an advertising campaign and mapped out a program for the sale of this machine. The salesmen of the company, including the plaintiff, were called into the office and the merits of the machine were carefully explained to them, and at the close of such conference one F. Riebel, Jr., the sales manager for the…