Rench v. Hayes Equipment Manufacturing Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action to recover damages for the wrongful discharge of plaintiff from his employment in the defendant company, a Wichita corporation.

It appears that on April 9, 1929, the plaintiff, then a resident of Racine, Wis., entered into a written contract with defendant whereby he became sales director of defendant’s products on a five-year term of employment at á compensation which was to be paid partly in a salary of $250 per month and the balance at specified percentages of the net profits of the company.

Pursuant to this contract…