Davis v. Ames Manufacturing Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, to recover a balance of salary. The declaration was as follows: “ 1. Now comes the plaintiff and says that • the defendant entered into a valid contract with the plaintiff, whereby the plaintiff agreed with the defendant to act for and serve it in the capacity of superintendent, for the period of one year from March 1,1897 ; that in consideration thereof the defendant duly agreed with the plaintiff to pay him for his service as superintendent as agreed the sum of…
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Contract, to recover a balance of salary. The declaration was as follows: “ 1. Now comes the plaintiff and says that • the defendant entered into a valid contract with the plaintiff, whereby the plaintiff agreed with the defendant to act for and serve it in the capacity of superintendent, for the period of one year from March 1,1897 ; that in consideration thereof the defendant duly agreed with the plaintiff to pay him for his service as superintendent as agreed the sum of $1,800 per year; that in pursuance of said agreement the plaintiff commenced to act for and serve said defendant, as its…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The principal question considered at the trial was what the contract was under which the plaintiff was employed at the time when he was discharged from the defendant’s service.
There was no dispute that the parties entered into a contract in writing by the interchange of two letters, as follows:
“ Springfield, Feb. 25, 1897. Mr. Aretas Blood, President, Manchester, N. H. Dear Sir: I will agree to take charge of the Ames Mfg. Co. plant at Chicopee as Supt. for eighteen hundred' dollars per year as per our conversation at the office in Boston to-day. Respectfully yours, Isaac P. Davis.”
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Tatterson v. Suffolk Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
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