Boyd v. Colt

The question in this case was, whether the services performed by the plaintiff for the defendant in London, were performed under a special agreement, to be paid for at the rate of $1000 per year, or whether they were performed without any special agreement as to the rate of compensation, and with a view of the plaintiff’s receiving therefor what they were really worth. On this question of fact, the plaintiff swore one way, and Mr. Sargeant, the agent of the defendant, another. The jury had a right to credit the plaintiff, and not Sargeant. We ought not to grant a new trial because they did so.