Clark v. Terry
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of assumpsit, tried upon the general issue, closed to the court, at the term of the superior court for the county of New London, holden in August, 1856. On the trial, the plaintiff sought to recover for fifty-nine and three-fourths days’ labor performed by him between the 1st day of April and the 11th day of June in the year 1856, at the rate of $>1.62-|- per day.
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This was an action of assumpsit, tried upon the general issue, closed to the court, at the term of the superior court for the county of New London, holden in August, 1856. On the trial, the plaintiff sought to recover for fifty-nine and three-fourths days’ labor performed by him between the 1st day of April and the 11th day of June in the year 1856, at the rate of $>1.62-|- per day. The suit was brought on the 26th day of July, 1856. It was found by the court, that the labor was performed under a parol contract made on .the 18th day of February, 1856, by which the plaintiff agreed to work for…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
This action was commenced in July, 1856, and in it the plaintiff claims to recover for fifty-nine and three-fourths days’ labor performed for the defendant, at the rate of $1.62J per day.
*399The labor was performed under a parol contract for a year’s labor at that rate, which was made in February, 185S, and was to commence the 1st day of April then next, and the wages to be paid semi-annually, on the 1st day of October and the 1st day of April next after the service was to commence. After the plaintiff had worked for the time for which he claims to recover, he left the service without cause, and…
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