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Darknell v. Coeur D'Alene & St. Joe Transportation Co.

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided April 12, 1910PublishedCited by 18 opinions

APPEAL from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District of the State of Idaho, for the County of. Kootenai. Hon. Bobert N. Dunn, Judge. Action by plaintiff to recover wages as stipulated and agreed by contract. Judgment for defendant and the plaintiff appeals. Agreements like the one in this case are held to be definite and certain, and therefore binding. (McMullan v. Dickinson Co., 63 Minn. 405, 65 N. W. 661; Pennsylvania Co. v. Dolan, 6 Ind. App. 109, 51 Am.

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APPEAL from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District of the State of Idaho, for the County of. Kootenai. Hon. Bobert N. Dunn, Judge. Action by plaintiff to recover wages as stipulated and agreed by contract. Judgment for defendant and the plaintiff appeals. Agreements like the one in this case are held to be definite and certain, and therefore binding. (McMullan v. Dickinson Co., 63 Minn. 405, 65 N. W. 661; Pennsylvania Co. v. Dolan, 6 Ind. App. 109, 51 Am. St. 289, 32 N. E. 802; Carnig v. Carr, 167 Mass. 544, 57 Am. St. 488, 46 N. E. 117, 35 L. B. A. 512; Stearns v. Lake Shore & M.…

1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, J.

This action was commenced for the recovery of judgment for services rendered by the plaintiff to the defendant corporation. An amended complaint was filed and a demurrer to that complaint was sustained. A second 'amended complaint was filed, and it was upon that complaint that the *65cause went to trial. It was alleged by the plaintiff that on the first day of April, 1905, he purchased thirty shares of the capital stock of the defendant corporation, and that he thereupon and on the same day entered into the contract with the defendant upon which this action is based. Paragraph 5 of the second…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. East Line & Red River Railroad v. ScottTexas Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Gibbs v. Consolidated Gas Co. of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  3. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. OffuttCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1896
  4. Glass v. Basin & Bay State Mining Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Sax v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1900

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. MacKay v. Four Rivers Packing Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 2008
  2. Spence v. HowellIdaho Supreme Court · 1995
  3. General Auto Parts Co. v. Genuine Parts Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Labonte v. DavidsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1918
  5. Frantz v. ParkeIdaho Court of Appeals · 1986

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