Pullan v. Lincoln Machine Co.

Heard on defendant’s motion for a new trial after verdict by the jury for plaintiff in the sum of $6539.11.

The case was brought to recover a bonus which the plaintiff claims is due him for the years commencing with 1923 and ending with 1931.

The defendant company is engaged in the machine and tool manufacturing business. In 1922 it was a close corporation, having but two stockholders : one McCloskey, who was president, and one McDevitt, who was treasurer. The plaintiff and McClos-key had known each other for a long time. There were two meetings between them at which two drafts of an agreement…