Hughes v. Eddy Valve Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Eddy Valve Company, from, a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Saratoga on the 14th day of June, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 21st day of June, 1911, denying ¿he defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. .
1Opinion of the Court
Kellogg, J.:
This judgment is wrong upon the law and the facts. In December, 1890, the plaintiff made a contract with the defendant whereby he was to remain in its employment on the following terms: Commencing January 1, 1891, the company to pay $25 per week for fifty-nine hours labor; all lost time to be ‘deducted at that rate and thirty cents per hour for actual overtime allowed. It was also to pay the sum of $200, payable in *358quarterly payments- of $50 each in advance. He continued to work,-and in December, 1893, he was told that the company could not pay him any longer the $200 per year,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Crow v. . GleasonNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
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