Navco Hardwood Co. v. Becks

The suit is on the common counts to recover a sum claimed to be due plaintiff for services rendered as manager for the defendant company.. No written contract was made and signed between the parties.

The terms of the contract is one of the litigated questions.

Defendant insists the contract was embodied in the minutes of the proceedings of a stockholders’ meeting, August 8, 1928, in the following form:

“It was resolved to employ Mr. E. T. Becks as Manager for as long as the Company is profitable under his management, witb the understanding that the Company’s contract with him can be terminated…