Adams' Express Co. v. Trego
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. First Exception — At the trial of this cause, the plaintiff proved by his own testimony that he had been employed since 1852 until 30th June 1869, as assistant superintendent by the defendant, through Samuel M. Shoemaker, the superintendent or general agent of the defendant for the division or district, consisting of Maryland, District of Columbia and a part of Virginia; that he was employed by the year, from January to…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. First Exception — At the trial of this cause, the plaintiff proved by his own testimony that he had been employed since 1852 until 30th June 1869, as assistant superintendent by the defendant, through Samuel M. Shoemaker, the superintendent or general agent of the defendant for the division or district, consisting of Maryland, District of Columbia and a part of Virginia; that he was employed by the year, from January to January, and in 1867 his salary was $4000, and so continued until the close of his service; that on the 28th of June, 1869…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
This was an action of assumpsit, instituted by the appellee against the appellant, to recover the sum of $2,000, the balance of salary for the year 1869. The ground of the action *59is, that the appellant, through its agent, had contracted with the appellee to employ him for the entire year of 1869, at a salary of $4,000, payable monthly, and that he was wrongfully dismissed from the service of the appellant on the first of July, 1869, up to which date his salary was paid.
At the trial in the Court below several bills of exceptions were taken by the appellant; but as the fourth and fifth…
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