Sioux City Night Patrol v. Mathwig

Plaintiff is engaged in the business of guarding and protecting, for compensation, certain houses and properties located in Sioux City, Iowa, from burglary, trespass, and molestation in the nighttime. The business having increased to the extent that it was unable to adequately police its territory, the plaintiff, on January 15, 1935, employed defendant to patrol and protect a certain area in the city which was to be under his exclusive care except as occasion demanded that he be given assistance. Defendant was to receive $50 per month and one-half of the proceeds of new business which might…