Allen v. France Packing Co.

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

Plaintiff recovered a verdict of $1,500 in this action brought by him for the collection of a so-called bonus: He contended that payments of $500 were due in each of the years 1945, 1947 and 1948 for services as Treasurer of the defendant corporation, in addition to his salary as factory manager in defendant’s employ. There is no merit in this the defendant’s appeal from the refusal of judgment n.o.v.

In the light of the verdict these facts appear: In January 1945 Edwin A. France, on the eve of gaining control of defendant packing company, employed plain tiff to serve as…