Heber v. United States Flax Manufacturing Co.

This case, originally commenced in a Justice Court and brought by appeal to the Court of Common Pleas, comes up here on exceptions. It is assumpsit for work and labor done by the plaintiff as an operative in the mill of the defendant corporation. The plaintiff on entering the service of the corporation subscribed the following agreement, .to wit:

“ The undersigned hereby covenants and agrees to and with the U. S. Flax M’f’g Co., in consideration of such wages as shall be agreed upon between himself or herself, and his or her overseer, superintendent, or any person authorized to hire the…