Legal Opinion

Godson v. MacFadden

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided June 10, 1931PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cook

Plaintiff sued for breach of contract. He charged that defendant employed him in April, 1928, as superintendent of Castle Heights Military Academy at a salary of $8,000 per annum, and wrongfully discharged him. In the first count of the declaration he charges a breach of the contract before expiration of the first year and in the second count the breach of a contract in which no definite period of hiring was fixed.

Profert is made of letters which it is stated in the declaration constitute the written contract. It is not necessary to copy the letters. It is sufficient to say that they do not…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Toomey v. AtyoeTennessee Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Barker v. FreelandTennessee Supreme Court · 1892

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Oman Construction Co. v. Tennessee Central, Railway Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Glazer v. GlazerDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1968
  3. State Ex Rel. Chapdelaine v. TorrenceTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Merritt v. Nationwide Warehouse Co., Ltd.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1980
  5. 9 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1111, 1 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9852 Mrs. Elvira S. Rolfe and Mrs. Bernice L. Peebles v. County Board of Education of Lincoln County Tennessee. Etc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968

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