Coffin v. Landis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an action of covenant brought, January 27th 1862, by John II. Coffin against Charles K. Landis.
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Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an action of covenant brought, January 27th 1862, by John II. Coffin against Charles K. Landis. The plaintiff declared on the following article of agreement between him and the defendant:— “ This article of agreement witnesseth between Charles K. Landis and J. H. Coffin: — Whereas, Charles K. Landis, of the town of Ilammonton, Atlantic county, N. J., is about founding a colony called Vineland, upon the Millville and Glassboro’ Railroad, in Cumberland and Gloucester counties, the land for which has been received from R. D. Wood, Charles E.…
1Opinion of the Court
*431The opinion of the court was delivered, February 1st 1864, by
Strons, J.
The question reserved in the court below was, whether, under the contract between the parties, it was the right of the defendant, at his will, to terminate the arrangement into which they had entered, and to discharge the plaintiff from his employment. If it was, there can be no recovery in this action, for the plaintiff was discharged before anything had been earned according to the terms of the agreement. This brings us at once to inquire what the stipulations of the contract were. It matters not what in our opinion…
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