Perry v. Simpson Waterproof Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit for the breach of a contract of the defendants to employ the plaintiff in their service, and for services rendered under the contract, with a general count for work and labor; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield county, and tried on the general issue with notice, closed to the court, before Minor, J. The court found the following facts: The defendants were a legally incorporated company under the laws of the state of New York, with a capital of f300,000, and…
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Assumpsit for the breach of a contract of the defendants to employ the plaintiff in their service, and for services rendered under the contract, with a general count for work and labor; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield county, and tried on the general issue with notice, closed to the court, before Minor, J. The court found the following facts: The defendants were a legally incorporated company under the laws of the state of New York, with a capital of f300,000, and had their office in New York city, where their president and a majority of the stockholders and directors resided, and…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
Each party filed a motion for a new trial in this case-; the defendants, on the ground that the court erred in ruling that they were liable for the services of the plaintiff rendered for the Bridgeport Rubber Company; and the plaintiff, on the ground that the court erred in ruling that the contract annexed to the finding of the court was not admissible in evidence.
We will first consider the question presented by the defendants’ motion. We are all agreed that under the circumstances detailed in the finding of facts, the ruling of the court below, that the plaintiff was entitled to recover for…
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