Guth v. Elliott

This case was tried by a jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City and resulted in a judgment for the appellee. The appeal is from this judgment. The record contains three exceptions, the first two being to rulings on testimony, and the third to the court’s action in granting the single prayer offered by the plaintiff. The facts necessary to be stated for a clear understanding of the case are substantially these:

The plaintiff was employed by the Mavis Bottling Company of America, the defendant being the president of that company up until July 18th, 1928. Under date of May 2nd, 1928,…