Jordan v. J. R. Webber Moulding Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Lo%ús City Circuit Court. — Hon. Selden P. Spenceb, Judge. Insolence and disrespect shown to an employer or his managing officer, agent of superintendent by an •employee or agent, is a sufficient cause for discharge. Forsythe v. McKinney, 56 Hun. (N. Y.) l;-s. c., 8 N. Y. Supp. 561; Bailey v. Lanahan, 34 La. Ann. 428; Leatherberry v. Odell, 7 Eed.
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Appeal from the St. Lo%ús City Circuit Court. — Hon. Selden P. Spenceb, Judge. Insolence and disrespect shown to an employer or his managing officer, agent of superintendent by an •employee or agent, is a sufficient cause for discharge. Forsythe v. McKinney, 56 Hun. (N. Y.) l;-s. c., 8 N. Y. Supp. 561; Bailey v. Lanahan, 34 La. Ann. 428; Leatherberry v. Odell, 7 Eed. Rep. 641; Champion v. Eartshorne, 9 Conn. 570; Beach v. Mullen, 34 N. J. L. 344; Wood’s Master and Servant, sec. 118; Suttie v. Aloe, 39 Mo. App. 42. Plaintiff’s own letters admitted in the record constituted just ground for…
1Opinion of the CourtBond, J.
*328CbrcTaRct°U°íivere; msunotion. *327The plaintiff and defendant entered into a contract whereby the plaintiff was to receive $1,200 and expenses for his personal services as salesman for one year of mouldings and picture frames, the plaintiff, however, to divide commissions received by him on sales of certain articles for other parties as side lines. The contract was to commence on the first of June, 1895, but was afterward orally modified so as to go in operation on the fifteenth of May, 1895, at which time plaintiff made his first trip to the territory designated in the agreement. While on this…
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