Arnold v. Masonic Country Club

The questions raised by the appeals are:

1. Did plaintiff have an annual .contract of employment?

2. Did the yearly period begin on January 1st or April 1st?

3. Do the facts show accord and satisfaction?

4. Did plaintiff split his cause of action?

The employment of plaintiff to begin on April 1, 1922, was authorized by a resolution of defendant’s board of directors, which fixed the compensation as $2,000 a year and the use of a house. Plaintiff accepted and continued in defendant’s service for about nine years during which time the compensa tion was paid each week. The corporate records show a…