Schafer v. Thurston Manufacturing Co.

Two cases were tried together. Plaintiff recovered judgment against defendant for $569.16 for salary alleged to have been earned in one case and for $7,081 in the other for breach of contract of employment. The cases are before us on defendant’s forty exceptions. They relate (a) to refusal of the trial court to grant defendant’s motion for a directed verdict; (b) to refusal to grant defendant’s motion for a new trial; (c) to alleged erroneous rulings on evidence; (d) to alleged errors in connection with, the charge.

Defendant corporation hired plaintiff as general manager for two years from…