Legal Opinion
McCrillis v. L. Q. White Shoe Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 29, 1928PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanderson, J.
This is an action of contract in which the plaintiff seeks to recover a balance alleged to be due for wages. The jury could have found that the defendant was in need of a man for the work which the plaintiff was employed to do; that its treasurer offered to employ him for a period of two years at a salary of $8,000 a year, $100 to be paid each week, the time for payment of the balance to be left to the decision of the treasurer; that the plaintiff accepted the offer by performing the work required. He testified that the defendant’s treasurer promised to make a personal payment of an…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Cottage Street Methodist Episcopal Church v. KendallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Larson v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Wellington v. ApthorpMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Works v. HersheySupreme Court of Iowa · 1872
- Page v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Larson v. Jeffrey-Nichols Motor Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Kelly v. Citizens Finance Co. of Lowell, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Robinson v. Trustees of the New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Eno v. Prime Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Mahoney v. Hildreth & Rogers Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
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