Finnegan v. Pacific Vinegar Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Multnomah: Hartwell Hurley, Judge. This is an action by Thomas S. Finnegan against the Pacific Vinegar Company to recover damages for the breach of an alleged contract of employment.
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Appeal from Multnomah: Hartwell Hurley, Judge. This is an action by Thomas S. Finnegan against the Pacific Vinegar Company to recover damages for the breach of an alleged contract of employment. The complaint sets forth, in substance, that on November first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, the plaintiff was employed by the defendant corporation to act as its salesman and solicitor until October fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, under an agreement by which he was to receive for his services one hundred dollars a month in cash during the time stipulated, and seven hundred dollars…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Bean.
It appeared upon the trial that at the time the contract; was made the officers of the defendant corporation were Gideon Stolz, president; John Seal, vice-president and general manager; and Frank Sealy, secretary; and that these three persons composed the board of directors. The contract was entered into on behalf of the corporation by John Sealy, its vice-president and manager, and Frank Sealy,- its secretary, but without formal authority from the board of directors; or knowledge of the president. In pursuance of the contract plaintiff worked for the…
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