C. A. Smith Lumber & Mfg. Co. v. Parker
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
‘ In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Oregon; R. S. Bean, Judge. Action by John A. Parker against the C. A. Smith Dumber & Manufacturing Company. There was a judgment for the plaintiff, a,nd defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
This was an action at law, in which a verdict was returned in favo^of the plaintiff, upon which verdict judgment was entered against the defendant (plaintiff in error here) for certain damages and costs. The real point in the case is whether a certain oral agreement alleged by the plaintiff to have been made by him with, the defendant was open to consideration in view of the'written contract of the parties.
The complaint alleged in substance that in the month of December, 1908, the plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant at its sawmill as a millwright, and that in that…
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