Harper v. Hassard
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract to recover damages for an alleged breach of the following agreement signed by the parties ; “ This agreement made this third day of August, A. D. 1872, by and between John G. Hassard, Joseph W. Foster and Russell B. Foster, and Thomas J. Harper, witnesseth, that whereas the said Hassard and Fosters intend to carry on the business of making oil and water colors in Milford, county of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, under the firm of Hassard, Foster &…
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Contract to recover damages for an alleged breach of the following agreement signed by the parties ; “ This agreement made this third day of August, A. D. 1872, by and between John G. Hassard, Joseph W. Foster and Russell B. Foster, and Thomas J. Harper, witnesseth, that whereas the said Hassard and Fosters intend to carry on the business of making oil and water colors in Milford, county of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, under the firm of Hassard, Foster & Co., continuing and carrying on the business which has recently been carried on by said Hassard for C. R. Thayer, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Gray, C. J.*
The written agreement in which the parties have expressed the contract between them, and by the constru*189ction of which this case must be determined, consists of, 1st, a recital that the defendants intend to carry on the business of making oil and water colors and wish to secure the services of the plaintiff in the making of said colors; 2d, an agreement of the plaintiff with the defendants “ that he will, during the term of not exceeding three years from the date of this agreement, render and give his exclusive time, service, skill and energy to them in the manufacture of oil and…
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