Nones v. Homer
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal by defendants Born a judgment of the Fourth District Court. This action was brought to recover for services rendered ■ to the defendants, as their clerk, for the months of October, November, and December, 1857. The plaintiff testified that about a week prior to the 1st of August, 1857, he made an agreement with the defendants to enter their employ, as a clerk, at a salary of $600 per year—the employment to last from the 1st of August, 1857, to 1st August, 1858; that…
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Appeal by defendants Born a judgment of the Fourth District Court. This action was brought to recover for services rendered ■ to the defendants, as their clerk, for the months of October, November, and December, 1857. The plaintiff testified that about a week prior to the 1st of August, 1857, he made an agreement with the defendants to enter their employ, as a clerk, at a salary of $600 per year—the employment to last from the 1st of August, 1857, to 1st August, 1858; that he was paid up to the 1st of October, 1857, and, on the 26th of that month, was discharged, the defendants having failed…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Brady, J.
The respondent claimed from the appellants the sum of $150 for three months’ services rendered under and by virtue of a contract made with them at the rate of $600 per year. The agreement was by parol, and was for a year’s service, namely, from August, 1857, to August, 1858. The respondent remained in the service of the appellants until the 26th of October, 1857, when he was discharged by them. It appears, from the respondent’s statement, that the agreement was made one week preceding the 1st of August, 1857, but that it was *118to continue irom August, 1857, to August,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Broadwell v. GetmanNew York Supreme Court · 1846
- Wilson v. MartinCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
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