Martindale v. Wilson-Cass Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEPENDANT PB.OM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS NO. 3 OP PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 59 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 185 September Term 1888, C. P. No. 3. On November 3, 1888, Thomas Martindale brought assumpsit against the Wilson-Cass Company, filing the following statement of claim, verified by his affidavit: “ That in the month of May, A. D. 1888, in consideration that Thomas Martindale, the plaintiff, had rendered services 'for the Wilson-Cass Company,…
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APPEAL BY DEPENDANT PB.OM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS NO. 3 OP PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 59 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 185 September Term 1888, C. P. No. 3. On November 3, 1888, Thomas Martindale brought assumpsit against the Wilson-Cass Company, filing the following statement of claim, verified by his affidavit: “ That in the month of May, A. D. 1888, in consideration that Thomas Martindale, the plaintiff, had rendered services 'for the Wilson-Cass Company, the said defendant, in and about its business, at its special instance and request, it, the said defendant, agreed with…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice McCollum :
The plaintiff claims that in May, 1888, in consideration that he had rendered services for 'the defendant in and about its business, at its special instance and request, it agreed to pay him $1,000 on demand. The defendant is a corporation, and the plaintiff was at one time a director, and the president of it. The affidavits of defence allege that the plaintiff was duly elected president’of the defendant corporation on April 21, 1888, and that his salary was then fixed at $1,800 per annum; that on the 14th of May following he resigned the office of president, and…
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