Knowlton v. Parsons
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for services as a stenographer under an oral agreement alleged to have been made with the plaintiff by the defendant Parsons and the defendants J. Sumner Holt and Russell L. Holt jointly, when certain actions, brought by Parsons and the Holts against each other, had been referred to an auditor. Writ dated February 12, 1906. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Hardy, J. The defendants Holt did not appear in the action, and were defaulted.
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Contract for services as a stenographer under an oral agreement alleged to have been made with the plaintiff by the defendant Parsons and the defendants J. Sumner Holt and Russell L. Holt jointly, when certain actions, brought by Parsons and the Holts against each other, had been referred to an auditor. Writ dated February 12, 1906. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Hardy, J. The defendants Holt did not appear in the action, and were defaulted. At the close of the evidence the defendant Parsons asked the judge to make, among others, the following rulings: “ 4. That if the jury…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
If there was evidence of a joint contract, the defendant Parsons’s requests were denied properly. It is conceded by him, that, with his authority, the plaintiff had been engaged as a stenographer to take evidence in cross actions between himself and the other defendants at an agreed price, and that she rendered the services for which the action is brought. But, as her employment was under an agreement entered into by counsel of the respective litigants, whereby the defendant was to pay only one half, it is now contended that this amount is the limit of his liability. If, however, the jury…
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