Southern Properties, Inc. v. Carpenter

Hugh Carpenter, for twenty years prior to March 2, 1926, was engaged in retailing and delivering ice to customers in a certain territory within the business district of the city of Dallas, and on the date named he and Southern Properties, Inc., manufacturer and wholesale and retail dealer in ice in said city, made an agreement in writing, Carpenter selling to the corporation his equipment, consisting chiefly of a team of two horses, harness, and a delivery wagon, and entered the service of the corporation for a period of one year, at a minimum wage of $4 per day, it being stipulated that the…