Johnson & Higgins, Inc. v. Simpson

On October 8th, 1924, John M. Braun was employed by Johnson & Higgins, Inc., a Maryland corporation, to act as its president and manage its insurance business in Baltimore, Maryland. The contract of employment, which was in writing, provided that Braun should devote all his time, energy, and shill to developing the business of the corporation; that he should serve it “faithfully and diligently”; that he should observe instructions given him by the authorized officers of the principal stockholders or the directors of his employer, and should “do nothing whatever in his public or private…