Farley v. Universal Mills

STOKES, Justice.

Appellant, R. H. Farley, was employed by appellee as its salesman in a southern Texas territory in October, 1929. There was no written contract, nor was the duration of his employment specified. His compensation consisted of commissions upon which appellee advanced him $65 each week, and the amount of his commission was changed from time to time by appel-lee. In the latter part of 1933 appellant and the manager of appellee had a conversation in.which appellant informed the manager of rumors that had come to him concerning the purpose of appellee either to change his territory…