Carnig v. Carr
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, or tort, in three counts, alleged to be for the same cause of action. The first count, as amended, alleged that on or about November 1, 1893, the plaintiff was engaged in business for himself in Boston as an enameller, and made a contract with the defendant, by which the plaintiff agreed to give up his business and sell his stock in trade to the defendant, and, in consideration thereof, the defendant agreed to employ the plaintiff permanently at a salary of…
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Contract, or tort, in three counts, alleged to be for the same cause of action. The first count, as amended, alleged that on or about November 1, 1893, the plaintiff was engaged in business for himself in Boston as an enameller, and made a contract with the defendant, by which the plaintiff agreed to give up his business and sell his stock in trade to the defendant, and, in consideration thereof, the defendant agreed to employ the plaintiff permanently at a salary of eighteen dollars per week as an enameller and engraver in the defendant’s business ; that the plaintiff accordingly gave up his…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
There was evidence tending to show that the defendant agreed that, if the plaintiff would give up his business, which was that of an enameller, and enter his service in the same occupation, he would furnish him with permanent employment at stipulated wages; that the plaintiff gave up his business, and entered the defendant’s employment and continued therein several months, receiving wages at the rate agreed, when the defendant suspended his employment, and finally ceased altogether to employ him, though he had work of the kind which the plaintiff was to do.
The defendant contends that the…
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