Hartford v. Massachusetts Bowling Alleys, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract against a corporation operating bowling alleys in Boston for wrongfully discharging the plaintiff in less than two months after having agreed to employ him as manager for one year at the compensation of $30 a week and five per cent of the net profits. Writ dated March 7, 1916. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Hitchcock, J. The evidence, so far as it appeared in the bill of exceptions, is described in the opinion.
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Contract against a corporation operating bowling alleys in Boston for wrongfully discharging the plaintiff in less than two months after having agreed to employ him as manager for one year at the compensation of $30 a week and five per cent of the net profits. Writ dated March 7, 1916. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Hitchcock, J. The evidence, so far as it appeared in the bill of exceptions, is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence the judge submitted to the jury the following questions: “1. Was an agreement made between Leavitt as treasurer of' the defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover for the breach of an alleged agreement to hire him as manager of the defendant’s bowling alleys for one year, at a salary of $30 a week and five per cent of the net profits. From the evidence disclosed by the meagre record the jury could find the following facts:
*32Edward R. Sherburne was president, Benjamin A. Levy was clerk and Peter M. Leavitt treasurer of the defendant corporation. These three constituted the board of directors and owned all- the capital stock. The company was incorporated in 1915, and apparently the alleys were opened for business late in…
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