Bredemann v. Vaughan Mfg. Company

This appeal is taken from a summary judgment entered in the Circuit Court of Cook County in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff, Marie Bredemann, had filed a complaint in two counts against the defendant, Vaughan Mfg. Company. In the first count she seeks damages for the breach of an alleged oral agreement by the defendant corporation to pay her a monthly salary during her lifetime. In the second count she seeks a declaratory judgment, requesting the court to declare the contract in full force and effect for the balance of her life.

It is necessary to set out the pleadings in some detail.…