Young v. Farwell

The appellant filed his bill in this cause for an accounting with appellees upon an alleged verbal contract whereby appellant was to perform services for appellees for a certain fixed salary, and, under certain conditions, a share of profits in a particular department of appellees’ business as merchants.

Appellees conduct a large wholesale dry goods business, divided in its management into departments with separate heads or overseers, although under one general management. Appellant had been in appellees’ employment for a good many years and for several years had been sub-head of the…