Haas v. Universal Phonograph & Record Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Hew York, borough of Manhattan, seventh district, rendered in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The plaintiff has recovered a judgment against the defendant corporation for salary voted to him by the directors of the corporation. It appears that the plaintiff was vice-president of the defendant 'corporation. It appears that, on the first day of May, the three directors of the cor*120poration met and unanimously voted thpmselves a salary of fifty dollars a month, each, “ for services actually to he rendered to this company.” It seems to me that a mere statement of thése facts shows that the resolution created no enforceable contract with the defendant. “ The relation of an officer of a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Jacobson v. . Brooklyn Lumber Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Bagley v. Carthage, Watertown & Sackets Harbor RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Keans v. New York & College Point Ferry Co.City of New York Municipal Court · 1896
- Bagley v. Carthage, Watertown & Sacketts Harbor RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898