Dickinson v. Norwegian Plow Co.

"WiNslow, J.

This was an action to recover a balance of $200 claimed by plaintiff to be due him for - services during the year ending June 1, 1895. The evidence of plaintiff showed that he was first employed by the defendant by correspondence in May, 1889, “ at a salary of $1,500 per annum, to begin June 1st, 1889,” and that he began work June 1, 1889, and continued uninterruptedly in defendant’s employ until June 1, 1895, without any new contract, being paid at the rate of $1,500 per year up to the 1st day of October, 1894. In November, 1894, the secretary and treasurer of the defendant told…