Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Valentine

In December, 1882, appellee, a resident of Bloomington, was employed as a traveling salesman of tobacco and cigars for a Chicago house. Early in that month, on the train from Bloomington to Chenoa he fell in with Mr. P. M. Schwartz, a cigar manufacturer of Pontiac, and an acquaintance of several years, who, having learned in conversation with him that his engagement was about to expire and would not be renewed, asked how he would like to work for him. The subject was then talked over but no conclusion reached. Appellee told him he had not thought of it and was negotiating with some parties in…