Riedy

Two actions were brought, one by Elizabeth Riedy and Tom Riedy, husband and wife, against George M. Bidwell, and the other by Charles Cook against George M. Bidwell. The former is to recover $12,250.92, based upon two causes of action, one for services alleged to have been rendered by plaintiff Elizabeth Riedy and the other on an assigned claim of E. M. Tinney, both causes of action being based upon the same ground. The latter action is brought to recover $6,125.46 upon "the same theory as is set forth in the action of Elizabeth and Tom Riedy against George M. Bidwell.

The contract alleged is the same in the case of Elizabeth and Tom Riedy against Bidwell; in the assigned cause of action by Tinney to Elizabeth Riedy, and in the action of Cook against Bidwell, the contract alleged being that on or about February 1, 1919, defendant entered into an agreement of employment with Elizabeth Riedy, Charles Cook, and E. M. Tinney that if they would stay and help him run and manage the business, he would pay and give to each of them the amount they were then receiving monthly, and in addition thereto he would pay and give to them all net profits which they "would earn in the business over…