Sargent v. A. B. Knowlson Co.

On October 1, 1921, J. F. Sargent, a deputy sheriff of Kent county, and the then husband of plaintiff, procured the signatures of A. B. Knowlson Company, S. A. Norman & Company, The BrummelerVan Stren Company, Grand Rapids Ice & Coal Company, Century Fuel & Materials Company, R. M. Schornstein, Rex-Robinson Furniture Company, E. J. Conroy, Breen & Halladay Fuel Company, Evans & Retting Lumber Company, and Central Fuel Company to a writing wherein they agreed to pay him fifty cents per night “for services in the capacity of watchman” for certain of their property located in the city of Grand…