Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-09-13
Former Employe of acking Company Sues s. White
 stone and J. F. Black.
BREACH OF CONTRACT
Says He is Entitled to One-Third 0! $3O.O0O Ultimate Profit of
 Enterprise.

Through his attorneys Coleman | and Can't J. x. Booth who was for ] merly connected with the Arkansas [ Packing Company as a stock sales ! man, but who is now selling lots. for a local realty company, yesterday l brought suit in the Jefferson circuit 1 court against Simon Whtestone, of | this city, and J. F. Black of Texark ana, for S19, ,l2459. He alleges that this amount is due him by the defend ants for breach of contract In his petition Booth goes into de- tail telling what Black and White stone had planned to make out of the packing house project here and he recites what they were to receive in the event of the success of the pro- ject under their proomtion
 After the organization of the Ark ansas Packing Company on January g. 1912, the plaintiff says that through contract which was enter ed into by Whitestone. Black and himself he was employed by them Under previous contract between the Packing Company and the Tex 1 arkana Trust Company with which 1 Black is identified. says the petition. 1 the Trust Company was to receive one-third of all profits from the pack ing house proposition, and under the. agreement he and Whitestone and Blackstone were to receive two-thirds or each one-ninth of the entire pro ! fits from the packing house project. Booth and Milestone, say sthe plain tiff. were to furnish all the money for the promotion of the enterprise and all expense incurred ill the local of- flee. Booth was also to receive $50 a week salary and expenses. He says he was also to receive F 1-2 per cent on all stock sold by him or through his efforts. The contract, alleged to have been signed by Booth, White stone and Black, is attached to tine petition.
 Booth says that he worked for the Packing Company from the date of the signing of the contract until July 30 1912, when Whitestone informed him that their contract was at an end. On March 9, 1912. reads the pe- tition, the defendants. Whitestone and Black, organized the Arkansas Pack ing Company, to build and operate a packing plant in Pine Bluff. The de- fendants, as fiscal agents. entered in- to contract with the company by which they secured the exclusive right to sell 10000 shares of stock in the concern. the par value of which is $25 each, for $3O a share, and the defendants were to receive all above par as a commission.
 Black and Whitestone, the plaintiff charges. further planned to promote a
 townsite company in connection with
 the sale of stock out of which White
 stone and Black would have made large profits. more than was suff : cient to pay all expenses of promoting the packing company and sale oi > stock. The ultimate profits it is
 said, would have been $50 900.
 | On September z, 1912, further states the plaintiff. the defendants. White
 stone and Black. surrendered or can
 celled their agreement with the Ar
 kansas Packing Company, making i
 impossible for the plaintiff to hol,
 them to their contract with him.
 Booth in his petition says he is en
 titled to $50 week. salary, for thir
 ty-two weeks, which with $50 agreed
 on as moving expenses for Booth an,
 his family from Memphis. aggregate
 $1,650. He claims they are indebte,
 to him in addition. the sum of s201 .S
 for travelling expenses and $2S.6s
 money advanced for office expenses
 making total of $1.88O40. Tn plaintiff says he has been paid $1, 56122, leaving a balance due him o $3i9.lS. Plaintiff further claims tha he sold 1898 shares of stock for tn defendants and that his commissio on the sales amounts to g 138.7s Booth says he is denied access to tn