Sines v. Superintendents of the Poor

The plaintiff sues to recover for the services of himself as keeper, and his wife as matron, of the Wayne County almshouse, for the year succeeding October 1, 1882. The case was sent to a referee, who found that the plaintiff and his wife were first employed in the capacities mentioned for one year, commencing August, 17, 1877, “at a salary of eight hundred dollars per annum; ” that the employment was continued after the expiration of the year, to September 30, 1878, and was then renewed by formal resolution of the board, for another year; that on September 30, 1879, it was again renewed for…