Smith v. Detroit, Hillsdale & Southwestern Railway Co.

This suit was brought against two railway companies jointly, but the Toledo & Ann Arbor Railroad Company was not served, and the Detroit, Hillsdale & Southwestern Railway Company was proceeded against alone, but as a joint debtor, and recovery was had under the rulings below for salary as general manager of both roads down to March 1, 1882, for so much of two years’ salary, at $5000 a year, as remained unpaid. The controversy was chiefly on two points, viz., whether plaintiff was employed jointly or severally, and how long he served.

The suit was brought on what is claimed to have been a…