Legal Opinion

Wilcox v. Baer

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided November 5, 1900PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from, the St. Louie City Circuit Court . — Hon. Pembrooh B. Flit craft, Judge. (1) The court erred in instrueting the jury that the refusal of Baer, Seiasongood & Company to pay the plaintiff’s expenses in St. Louis was a violation of the contract in suit and justified his disobedience. Evans v. Mfg. Co., 118 Mo. 553; Sautier v. Kellerman, 18 Mo. 509; Weil v. Schwartz, 21 Mo. App. 372; Cote v. Skrainka, 37 Mo. App. 427; Long Bros. v. Armsby Co., 43 Mo.

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Appeal from, the St. Louie City Circuit Court . — Hon. Pembrooh B. Flit craft, Judge. (1) The court erred in instrueting the jury that the refusal of Baer, Seiasongood & Company to pay the plaintiff’s expenses in St. Louis was a violation of the contract in suit and justified his disobedience. Evans v. Mfg. Co., 118 Mo. 553; Sautier v. Kellerman, 18 Mo. 509; Weil v. Schwartz, 21 Mo. App. 372; Cote v. Skrainka, 37 Mo. App. 427; Long Bros. v. Armsby Co., 43 Mo. App. 265; Eitzsimmons v. Academy, 81 Mo. 37. (2) The court erred in excluding parts of Mr. Eriedberg’s deposition. 1 Bigelow on Fraud,…

1Opinion of the Court

BIGGS, L.

— The defendants are wholesale merchants in the city of St. Louis. The plaintiff is a traveling salesman; His home is at Independence, Missouri. In the fall of 1895 the defendants employed the plaintiff to travel for their house in the states of Missouri and Kansas. The contract provided “That Baer, Seasongood & Co., of the city of St. Louis have this day employed Frank L. Wilcox, of Inde*590pendence, Mo., for the term of one year, beginning November 15, 1895, and ending November 15, 1896, for the sum of $1,500 per annum and his traveling expenses. Salary to be paid in equal monthly…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Soutier v. KellermanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1853
  2. Deutmann v. KilpatrickMissouri Court of Appeals · 1891
  3. Evans v. Western Brass Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
  4. Cole v. SkrainkaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1889
  5. Blanke v. DunnermannMissouri Court of Appeals · 1896

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Brooks v. J. R. Watkins Medical Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
  2. Riley-Wilson Grocer Co. v. Seymour Canning Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1908
  3. J. W. Reedy Elevator & Manufacturing Co. v. MertzMissouri Court of Appeals · 1904
  4. Smith v. CraneMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
  5. Big Four Realty Co. v. ClarkMissouri Court of Appeals · 1909

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