Jacob v. New Jersey Car Spring Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
The plaintiff was employed as the foreman of the defendants at their rubber factory in Jersey City, from January, 1866, to February 1st, 1870. At the latter date the company leased the factory to Fields & King for a term of five years. Fields & King took the property, business and assets of the company, and assumed their liabilities.
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The plaintiff was employed as the foreman of the defendants at their rubber factory in Jersey City, from January, 1866, to February 1st, 1870. At the latter date the company leased the factory to Fields & King for a term of five years. Fields & King took the property, business and assets of the company, and assumed their liabilities. The plaintiff continued in the factory as foreman in the employ of Fields & King from February 1st, 1870, to October 1st, 1871, at which time the lease was surrendered to the defendants. The company took Fields & King’s assets and stock, and assumed all their…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Scudder, J.
The facts above stated on the part of the plaintiff were found by the jury in his favor. There can hardly be a doubt- upon the testimony that he gave up his engagement with Whitehead Brothers, with the understanding that he was to have an annual salary of $2000, from January 1st, 1870, and house rent. The defendants deny the agreement, but Fields admits that he told him they could do as well by him as any one else would, if he remained with them. The jury have rightly construed this as a promise that Fields & King would do as well for him-…
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