Dailey v. Swift & Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1911, Orleans County, Butler, J. presiding. Verdict directed for the defendant, and judgment thereon. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
The undisputed evidence shows the facts of this case as stated herein. When the plaintiff engaged to work for the defendant, the contract of employment, made with the defendant’s foreman and manager, was to ice ears from the defendant’s icehouse in Derby, at an agreed price per week, and the plaintiff was to work as long as both parties were satisfied. After the plaintiff had talked over with the defendant the terms of his employment, and before he began work, he told defendant’s foreman and manager, who was hiring him, that he had seen the icing work he was to do, done on the platform of the…
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