Palmer v. Marquette & Pacific Rolling Mill Co.

Cooley, J:

The, plaintiff sues the defendants for breach of a contract whereby as ho alleges he was employed by them as dock superintendent at their works at Marquette. The contract is alleged to have been made August 8, 1872, for one year from August 14, 1872. Plaintiff entered upon the employment on the day last named, and was discharged January 1st, 1873.

To prove the contract, plaintiff gave in evidence certain oral negotiations between Mr. IT. A. Burt, the agent of defendants, and himself, in which lie proposed to enter the service of defendants at two thousand dollars a year, and Mr. Burt…