McConnell v. Wayne Circuit Judge

Plaintiff brought suit against the Barnard Toy Company for breach of a contract of employment. A suit involving similar questions was also begun by Harry H. McHenry against the defendant. When these causes came on for trial before Judge Cross of the 20th circuit, sitting in the Wayne circuit, it was stipulated upon the record that the verdict of the jury in the McHenry case “may be taken by the court as the standard and basis, without the aid of a jury for the entry of a verdict and judgment” in the McConnell case on the basis of $150 for McConnell for every $125 allowed McHenry. The jury in…