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Principal And Agent-Compensation Of Unfaithful Agent, Edwin M. Deal S.Ed.
Principal And Agent-Compensation Of Unfaithful Agent, Edwin M. Deal S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, manager of defendant's mechanical division under a contract requiring him to devote all his efforts to this employment and providing that he would share the profits and losses of the division equally with defendant as his only compensation, sued to recover a balance of $42,991.90 in his favor after his discharge by defendant. The contract provided that on "any termination" of plaintiff's employment his account should be adjusted and any credit balance paid him, but defendant contended that plaintiff had forfeited his right to compensation by secretly engaging in a partnership in competition with defendant. The trial court found …