Beach v. Business Man's Publishing Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Donovan, J. Assumpsit by Clare M. Beach against -the Business Man’s Publishing Company for breach of a contract of hiring. A judgment for plaintiff is reviewed by defendant on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, C. J.
Plaintiff recovered a judgment for $809.72 against the defendant in the Wayne circuit court for salary which he claimed was due him on a yearly contract of employment.
The defendant is a partnership limited, organized and *227authorized to do business under chapter 160, 2 Comp. Laws. The object of the partnership, as set out in its articles of association, is:
“A general publishing, bookselling and office supply business, including the publication of a monthly journal or magazine.”
On the 27th of November, 1903, plaintiff entered into an oral agreement with the general manager of the association to…
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