Gordon v. Brewster
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL PROM BROWN CIRCUIT COURT. The respondent commenced a suit for the recovery of damages for the breach of a contract of hiring, by the service of a summons, issued out of the circuit court for Brown county, on the 28th day of March, 1857. The complaint was served upon the appellant’s attorney on the 13th of April ensuing.
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APPEAL PROM BROWN CIRCUIT COURT. The respondent commenced a suit for the recovery of damages for the breach of a contract of hiring, by the service of a summons, issued out of the circuit court for Brown county, on the 28th day of March, 1857. The complaint was served upon the appellant’s attorney on the 13th of April ensuing. The complaint set forth that on the 21st day of March, 1856, the parties entered into a written contract, bearing date on that day, which by its terms was to take effect from the tenth day of that month, and to continue for five years from said tenth day of March, 1856,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Cons J.
The respondent commenced this action in the circuit court of Brown County, on the 28th day of March, 1857, to recover damages for the breach of contract.
It appears from the allegations of the complaint and the evidence given upon the trial, that the parties on the 21st day of March, 1856, entered into a written contract, bearing date upon that day, but which by its terms was to take effect on the 10th day of that month, and continue in force for five *361years from the last mentioned day; by which contract the respondent agreed forthwith to proceed to Oconto, in Wisconsin, and…
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