Horton v. Wickwire Spencer Steel Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for damages resulting from the discharge of the plaintiff from employment by the defendant in alleged violation of an agreement in writing, described in the opinion, between the plaintiff and the defendant’s predecessor, the Clinton Wire Cloth Company. Writ dated October 4, 1920. In the Superior Court, the action was heard by Lawton, J., without a jury. Material evidence is described in the opinion.
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Contract for damages resulting from the discharge of the plaintiff from employment by the defendant in alleged violation of an agreement in writing, described in the opinion, between the plaintiff and the defendant’s predecessor, the Clinton Wire Cloth Company. Writ dated October 4, 1920. In the Superior Court, the action was heard by Lawton, J., without a jury. Material evidence is described in the opinion. The judge found for the plaintiff in the sum of $3,500 with interest from the date of the writ; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The case was submitted on briefs.
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The Clinton Wire Cloth Company, by a. written agreement dated August 28, 1917, employed the plaintiff as mechanical engineer and inventor. His salary was fixed at $2,600 for the first year, $3,000 for the second year, and $3,500 for the third year and for each year thereafter that the agreement might remain in force. On August 28, 1920, he was discharged by this defendant; and his subsequent efforts to obtain employment were unsuccessful. This action for breach of the contract was tried in the jury waived session of the Superior Court, and the judge found in favor of the plaintiff. The only…
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