Arlington Towers Land Corp. v. McFarland

This action was instituted by the plaintiff, Walter P. McFarland, against the defendant, Arlington Towers Land Corporation, for $19,791.65 and interest, which he claimed was due him as the balance on the salary which the defendant had contracted to pay him. The defendant answered that if there was such an agreement it was “superseded and mutually novated” by a later contract between the plaintiff and George S. Gregory, subsequent purchaser of the capital stock of the defendant. The case was heard by the court without a jury, judgment was given for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals.

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