Peniston v. John Y. Huber Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 58, Jan. T., 1900, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., March T., 1892, No. 590, on verdict for plaintiff in case of W. W. Peniston v. John Y. Huber Company. Assumpsit on a contract of employment. Before PennvPACKER, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 58, Jan. T., 1900, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., March T., 1892, No. 590, on verdict for plaintiff in case of W. W. Peniston v. John Y. Huber Company. Assumpsit on a contract of employment. Before PennvPACKER, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court charged in part at follows: [It is the duty of an employee to give obedience to reasonable directions given him by the employer about the performance of his duties.] [2] [I think we get, perhaps, the clearest idea of what was the difficulty between these parties, from a portion of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Beown,
The contract between the parties to this contention was clearly, as held by the learned president judge of the court below, one of employment. Its first clause is as follows: “ Said company hereby employs said Peniston to be manager of its publishing department for the term of two years from this date, with reasonable and proper authority to conduct said department ; and said Peniston hereby accepts said employment.”
It is true that the appellee was to receive a proportion of the profits of the business, and, at the expiration of the contract, one third of the value…
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