60 Minn. 365 | Minn. | 1895
The complaint herein alleged that on June 15,-1893, while plaintiff was in .defendant’s employ as a salesman, they entered into a contract whereby plaintiff agreed to remain in defendant’s service until January 1, 1894, for which he was to be paid by the latter the sum of $25 for the balance of the month of June, $50 for the month of July, $75 for the month of August, and thereafter at the rate of $100 per month; that plaintiff was discharged without reasonable cause July 15. The action was brought to recover the amount claimed to be due as wages subsequent to the discharge. This agreement was denied in the answer, and it was therein alleged that on June 15 it was agreed that plaintiff should be paid at the rate of $50 per month from that day, and it was also agreed that if plaintiff’s services should thereafter be and continue to be satisfactory to defendant, and if the sales made by him should thereafter show a constant increase, his salary should be raised $25 per month, commencing with August, until his salary should reach the sum of $100 per month, the amount theretofore paid him. It was alleged that plaintiff’s services thereafter were and continued to be unsatisfactory; that his sales steadily decreased; and that, after he had-
Order affirmed.