Berkson v. Post

This is an action for breach of employment contract. The cause was tried before a jury which found for the plaintiff and awarded him damages against the defendant. The trial judge allowed the defendant's bill of thirteen exceptions, of which seven are urged and relied upon.

The following pertinent facts from the undisputed evidence and from the general state of the record are briefly stated.

The employment contract is established by correspondence between the parties when the defendant was in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, and the plaintiff in Los Angeles, State of California, the plaintiff…