Shaw v. Woodbury Glass Works

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beasley, Chief Justice.

The ground of complaint laid in the declaration in this case is, that the defendant hired the plaintiff to work in its factory for the period of one fire, extending from the 1st day of September, 1887, to the 1st day of July, 1888, and agreed to pay the plaintiff such wages as he might earn in said employment, and that the defendant, without any cause, and although the plaintiff was at all times ready and willing to carry out his part of said agreement, wrongfully refused to allow the said plaintiff to work in the factory for the…