Foley v. Wabasha-Nelson Bridge Co.

Holt, Justice.

Plaintiff sued to recover $2,450, and interest, on an employment contract, and was awarded a verdict by the jury. On defendant’s motion in the alternative for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial, the court granted judgment, from which plaintiff appeals.

The facts as to which there is no dispute may be thus stated: In 1929 defendant was incorporated. The only purpose or object was the construction and operation of a toll bridge with approaches across the Mississippi River at Wabasha, for which a franchise or permission had been secured. The venture proved…