Noble v. Ames Manufacturing Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract. The declaration was as follows : “ And the plaintiff says that he is a machinist of great skill and long experience; that he was employed in business at Wailuku in the Sandwich Islands ; that the defendant engaged him to abandon his said business and leave Wailuku and come to said Chicopee to take the position of a foreman in the employment and in the manufacturing establishment of the defendant as soon as he, said plaintiff, should reach Chicopee; that he, the…
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Contract. The declaration was as follows : “ And the plaintiff says that he is a machinist of great skill and long experience; that he was employed in business at Wailuku in the Sandwich Islands ; that the defendant engaged him to abandon his said business and leave Wailuku and come to said Chicopee to take the position of a foreman in the employment and in the manufacturing establishment of the defendant as soon as he, said plaintiff, should reach Chicopee; that he, the plaintiff, in consequence of such engagement and by agreement with the defendant for such position as foreman at a good…
1Opinion of the CourtMobton, J.
The only contract between the parties was contained in the letters set forth in the bill of exceptions. The letter of the plaintiff is merely an acceptance of the proposition in the letters written by the defendant. Both the letters of the defendant were duly received by the plaintiff, and we must look to them to ascertain the contract of the parties. The proposition of the defendant is, “ I am ready to offer yon a foreman’s situation at these works as soon as you may get here, pay $1500 per year.” This can only be construed as an agreement to employ the plaintiff upon his arrival at…
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