Bishop v. Bloomington Canning Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Niehaus

delivered the opinion of" the court.

In this case Roy C. Bishop, appellant, sued the Bloomington Canning Company in the circuit court of McLean county in an action of assumpsit, to recover for salary which he claimed was due him from the appellee, under the terms of a certain written contract of employment, by which the appellant was engaged as supervising manager of the appellee’s business undertaking. The contract went into effect January 1, 1919, and was to extend over a period of six years. The appellant entered into the employment provided for in the contract'…