Menter & Rosenbloom Co. v. Gray

Heard on demurrer to amended petition.

Plaintiff sues as assignee of the firm of Menter, Rosenbloom & Company, to recover the one thousand dollars ($1,000) specified as a sum to be forfeited in and by a written contract of employment of defendant by plaintiff’s assignors, in case he engaged in a similar employment within four years.

The contract in question, dated July 25, 1899, so far as material to the present inquiry, is in substance as follows:

Gray agrees to work for said firm by the week, working days beginning at 7:3o a. m., and ending at 8:3o p. m., excepting Saturdays, on which days…