Wakefield v. Champlain Marine Co.

This is an action of contract. Trial was had by the Chittenden Municipal Court without a jury. Judgment was rendered for the defendant and the case is here on plaintiff’s bill of exceptions.

From the findings filed it appears, as far as here material, that one Alderman entered the employ of the defendant in the summer of 1934 at an agreed wage of $35.00 per week. That in October of that year the defendant, through its manager, and Alderman agreed that $5.00 per week should be deducted from his wages during the winter months of 1934-1935 which deductions the defendant promised to repay to him…