Equitable Endowment Ass'n v. Fisher
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The appellee sued the appellant, a corporation of the District of Columbia, doing business in Maryland, for an alleged breach of a contract to employ him as general manager for the Industrial Branch Insurance of the defendant for the term of two years, from the 21st of February, 1887, upon the terms stated in the contract.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The appellee sued the appellant, a corporation of the District of Columbia, doing business in Maryland, for an alleged breach of a contract to employ him as general manager for the Industrial Branch Insurance of the defendant for the term of two years, from the 21st of February, 1887, upon the terms stated in the contract. The declaration alleged that the plaintiff entered upon the discharge of his duties under said contract, and continued faithfully to perform the same until the 31st of March, 1888, when he was wrongfully discharged by the defendant.…
1Opinion of the CourtBryan, J.
It was averred in the narr. that the defendant employed the plaintiff as its general manager for the term of two years, and that the plaintiff entered upon the discharge of his duties under the contract, and continued *438faithfully to perform them until the defendant wrongfully dismissed him from its service. It is true that the paper-writing offered in evidence contained no stipulation which hound the plaintiff to accept the appointment therein, or to perform its duties; hut nevertheless if he did accept it and perform the duties, it would he strange if he were not entitled to the promised…
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