Pullman Co. v. Ray

Hammond, J.,

filed the following dissenting opinion.

In Heckler v. Balto. & Ohio R. Co., 167 Md. 226, 173 A. 2d 12, 14, this Court, in refusing effect to an alleged lifetime contract because its terms were not sufficiently definite, said this: “Holding as we do that the declaration alleges that the settlement was made by the corporation itself, we have not found it necessary to discuss the question whether a contract of employment made in settlement of a damage suit for personal injuries incurred in the service of a corporation, by an agent with apparent authority to settle the claim, is an…