Blair v. Laflin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract upon a written agreement dated March 15, 1877, by the terms of which the plaintiff, subject to the oversight and control of the defendants, was to devote his time and attention, for one year from that date, to the performance of the duties of general superintendent of their works, including the appointment of agents to sell the goods manufactured, and was also to make such sales, and was to receive a stated salary and a certain commission “on the gross amount of all…
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Contract upon a written agreement dated March 15, 1877, by the terms of which the plaintiff, subject to the oversight and control of the defendants, was to devote his time and attention, for one year from that date, to the performance of the duties of general superintendent of their works, including the appointment of agents to sell the goods manufactured, and was also to make such sales, and was to receive a stated salary and a certain commission “on the gross amount of all sales made for said” defendants, to be paid semiannually. Writ dated February 5, 1878. At the trial in the Superior…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
The Gen. Sts. e. 115, § 7, requiring that exceptions shall be “reduced to writing, and filed with the clerk, and notice thereof given to the adverse party,” as well ■ as presented to the court, before the final adjournment of the term, and within three days after the verdict or ruling, or within a further time allowed by the court, do not prescribe the manner of giving such notice to the adverse party, whether by personal service, *521or by leaving at the place of abode or business of himself or his attorney, or otherwise. It is therefore a matter which it is within the power of the courts to…
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