Claim of Levy v. Wilmes

Mr. Presiding Justice Thomson

delivered the opinion of the court.

The deceased Wilmes was the proprietor of a hotel in the City of Chicago. On October 1, 1923, he employed the claimant Levy to manage the hotel for a year, Levy to receive as compensation for his services $175 a month, his room, laundry and the pressing of his clothes, and at the end of the year, a bonus of $1,000 if he “ran the hotel successfully.” Not long after this agreement was entered into, Wilmes died. Levy continued to manage the hotel until December 17, 1923, when he was discharged by the administratrix of the estate of…