Morrow v. Murphy

Plaintiff brought suit in assumpsit against *205defendant for services, claiming that he had- worked for defendant for a number of years under an agreement that he should receive for his services $1,'200 a year as salary, and 8 per cent, of the net profits; that the services had terminated; and that there was a balance due him of $5,000. Defendant pleaded the general issue, with notice of set-off and recoupment. The case was referred, and the referee made findings, and settled a bill of exceptions, from which it appears that, in 1889, the plaintiff entered into a contract with defendant to…