Bacon v. Bankers Trust & Savings Bank
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $4,500 for breach of a contract of employment. The facts are stated in the opinion. The case was tried before Jelley, J., who at the close of the testimony denied defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, and a jury which returned a verdict for $4,800. From an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
Action for the breach of an alleged contract of employment in which plaintiff had a verdict, and defendant appealed from an order denying its alternative motion for judgment or a new trial.
*319Defendant was organized as a trust company and savings bank under and pursuant to the laws of this state, and entered upon the transaction of its business as such on December 4, 1916. The government and control of the company were, by its articles of incorporation as well as by its by-laws, vested in a board of directors of not less than 9 nor more than 35' members, chosen from the stockholders, though the…
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