Price v. Minot
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity filed December 23, 186.9, against Charles H. Minot and the Tudor Company. The bill alleged that the said company were a corporation organized under the Gen. Sts. e. 61, with the name of the Tudor Ice Company, which was afterwards changed to the Tudor Company, and with a capital stock fixed at $360,000, and divided into 3600 shares of the par value of $100; that on May 20,1863, Minot, owning a majority of the shares, promised the plaintiff, in writing, for the-…
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Bill in equity filed December 23, 186.9, against Charles H. Minot and the Tudor Company. The bill alleged that the said company were a corporation organized under the Gen. Sts. e. 61, with the name of the Tudor Ice Company, which was afterwards changed to the Tudor Company, and with a capital stock fixed at $360,000, and divided into 3600 shares of the par value of $100; that on May 20,1863, Minot, owning a majority of the shares, promised the plaintiff, in writing, for the- purpose of inducing him to remain in the service of the corporation, to pay him a salary in money, and to hold 300…
1Opinion of the CourtAmes, J.
It is admitted that the plaintiff’s right to maintain his bill must depend upon the contract of February 17, 1865. This contract has been so often recognized and acknowledged by both parties, that it must be considered as taking the place of all previous incomplete arrangements in relation to the same subject matter, if any such there were.
This agreement, although not expressed with entire technical precision, is far from being unintelligible. It imports that the plaintiff was at that time in the service of the Tudor Company and that he had been so employed since January 1, 1864. The…
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