Johnson v. Campbell
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; tho Hon. Joseph E. Gaby, Judge, presiding. This was assumpsit brought by appellee against appellant to recover for wages. The declaration contained the common counts only. Elea non-asswnpsit. There was a jury trial resulting in a verdict for the plaintiff for $1,250, and judgment thereon. The defendant’s motion for a new trial being overruled, he appealed to this court. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWilson, J.
Appellee was employed as a cleric in the grocery store of Johnson and Heywood, in Chicago, bn the north side. He was to be paid for his services by appellant Johnson, by whom he was employed, and whose interest he represented in the firm. Previous to commencing with Johnson and Heywood, he had been in the employ of Johnson in the same line o.f business, on the south side at 22d street, under a written contract, which fixed his salary at seventy-five dollars per month, payable monthly, with an additional compensation of one sixth of the net profits of the business, to be ascertained and paid…
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