Travelers' Insurance v. Parker
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Harlan, C. J.) 1'he plaintiff’s first prayer, which was granted by the Court, instructed the jury that if they found that the defendant hired the plaintiff as its agent for the term of one year, commencing December i, 1892, and that the plaintiff entered upon said employment and performed the same according to said contract of hire up to December r, 1895, and that the same services were continued to be rendered to the…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Harlan, C. J.) 1'he plaintiff’s first prayer, which was granted by the Court, instructed the jury that if they found that the defendant hired the plaintiff as its agent for the term of one year, commencing December i, 1892, and that the plaintiff entered upon said employment and performed the same according to said contract of hire up to December r, 1895, and that the same services were continued to be rendered to the defendant without any express renewals of said contract till October 1, 1896, then the presumption is that said services were…
1Opinion of the CourtPearce, J.
The appellee sued the appellant in assumpsit to recover for services rendered to it, and the judgment being in his favor, this appeal has been taken from the rulings of the Court in excluding certain evidence offered by the defendant, and in granting two prayers of the plaintiff, and rejecting the defendant’s only prayer. The exception relating to the exclusion of evidence, having been abandoned at the argument, will not therefore be considered.
The declaration contains the common money counts, and also a special count based upon the following written memorandum between the parties:
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