Cummings v. Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway Co.

This is an action for breach of an alleged employment contract and for vacation pay. The court without a jury found for plaintiff and entered judgment for $465, being $232.50 for damages under Count I, and $232.50 for vacation pay under Count II. Defendant has appealed.

Plaintiff began to work for defendant’s predecessor in November 1928 and for defendant in July 1945. For more than a year before January, 1951 she had the position of purchasing agent at $465 per month. January 31, 1951 she received the following notice: “Due to the strike, which has forced a suspension of all operations, the…