In Varney v. Ditmars (217 NY 223, 111 N.E. 822 [1916]), the Court of Appeals affirmed a directed verdict in favor of the defendant where the plaintiff alleged that his employer, in addition to paying him $ 40 per week to work as an architectural draftsman, promised to pay plaintiff a "fair share" of defendant's profits through the end of the calendar year. Id. at 225-26. The Court ruled that this promise was "vague, indefinite and uncertain and the amount cannot be computed from anything that was said by the parties or by reference to any document, paper or other transaction." Id. at 227.