Matthews v. Park Bros.
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County
No. 97 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 375 October Term 1889, C. P. No. 2. • To the first Monday of October, 1889, Joseph Matthews brought assumpsit against Park Brothers & Co., Limited, to recover damages for a wrongful discharge of the plaintiff from the defendants’ employ. Issue.
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No. 97 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 375 October Term 1889, C. P. No. 2. • To the first Monday of October, 1889, Joseph Matthews brought assumpsit against Park Brothers & Co., Limited, to recover damages for a wrongful discharge of the plaintiff from the defendants’ employ. Issue. At the trial on December 2,1890, the following facts were shown: The plaintiff, an experienced rollerman, was employed by the defendants to work in their iron mill, under the following contract: “ Pittsburgh, Pa., August 1,1887. “We hereby agree to employ Joseph Matthews to take one turn of our…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson:
The plaintiff was discharged from the service of the defendants on the eighteenth day of February, 1888, after which he brought this suit in the court below to recover his wages for the balance of the unexpired term of the contract under which he entered their service. The contract was as follows:
“We hereby agree to employ Joseph Matthews to take one turn of our thirty-two inch plate mill, as rollerman, at $1.50 per net sheared ton (2000 lbs.) of plate; he to pay all help and change middle roll free of charge, alternating with other rollermen as to day and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Singer v. M'CormickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1842
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