Booth v. National India Rubber Co.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Defendants’ petition for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtMatteson, C. J.
This is an action of assumpsit to recover a balance claimed to be due on account of salary. At the trial in the Common Pleas Division the jury returned a. verdict for the jilaintiff, and thereupón the defendant filed this petition for a new trial, assigning as one ground for a new trial that the verdict is against the evidence. " The case is before us on this petition.
The plaintiff entered into the employment of the defendant as foreman of its hose and belt department, on November 30, 1887, for the period of a year, -at a salary of one thousand dollars, with the understanding that the salary…
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