Yale Express System, Inc. v. Brown

The appellant, Yale Express System, Inc., is a corporation engaged in the motor freight business in the eastern United States. In October, 1956, it hired the appellee, Norman Brown, as a terminal manager in Baltimore. At the timé of his employment a salary was agreed upon and Brown was informed that Yale offered certain benefits to employees in his class, including two weeks vacation each year and a bonus based on length of service and position held.

Brown remained with Yale until the end of 1961. In either October or December of that year, Norman Rovine, Yale’s southern regional manager, had…