Cornett v. Smith

The complaint alleged the incorporation of the Colorado Shredded Wheat Company, and the assignment by it, on the 17th day of December, 1896, of all its property to the plaintiff, E. Salisbury Smith, for the benefit of its creditors. The complaint further alleged the employment, on the 11th day *54of January, 1896, by the company, of the defendant, R. C. Cornett, as its general manager, at a salary of $15.00 per week — to be taken by him from the earnings of the company — and his continuance in the employment at that salary until the 9th day of December, 1896; and averred that between those dates…