Olson v. Swendiman

The plaintiff sues to recover on a contract entered into on the 10th day of January, 1928, by the terms of which the defendant employed the plaintiff as a dentist to practise the profession of dentistry with the defendant in defendant’s office in Grand Forks, North Dakota, for a period of five years. After four years’ service the plaintiff quit and brought an action against the defendant on the said contract for an amount claimed to be due him thereon.

The defendant answered, setting up a counterclaim, alleging that the terms of the contract of employment expressly set forth that should the…