Chase

The complaint in this cause alleges that on or about June 10, 1927, appellant Van Camp Sea Food Company, Inc., entered into an agreement with respondent, W. 0. Chase and one O. W. Chase, both of whom were originally plaintiffs, whereby they were to work for appellant in fishing and cleaning fish; that between June 10, 1927, and November 1, 1927, the said W. O. Chase and O. W. Chase did work for appellant in fishing and cleaning fish for it; that, as consideration of such work to be performed by the Chases, appellant agreed to pay them $1.50 per ton for all fish which they should clean for it and “an additional 10% of all fish caught and delivéred to defendant (appellant) company from July 15, 1927, to October 27, 1927, amounting to One Thousand Six Hundred Seventy Two Dollars and Seventy Cents ($1672.70) ”. This latter allegation is, in itself, unintelligible, but other averments follow which, construed in the light of the evidence, seem to show its meaning to have been that appellant agreed to pay the Chases for such fish as they should catch and deliver to it, at the same rates at which packers in the region should from time to time be buying fish from other fishermen, and, in…