Smith v. Doughty

During the year 1920 and for some time previous defendant, Doughty, ran a garage and was engaged in the automobile business in the city of Detroit having the exclusive agency of the Franklin motor car in said city, for which purpose he maintained salesrooms and repair shop and a used car department in charge of an employee acting as man ager, with sub-agents employed in selling his ears on commission. Plaintiff, Smith, was one of his salesmen and had been in his employ for nearly four years at the time he left. The agents were required to own Franklin demonstration cars and during that period…