Green v. Hulett
Supreme Court of Vermont
Book Account. Judgment to account was rendered in the county court, and an auditor was appointed, who reported the facts substantially as follows.
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Book Account. Judgment to account was rendered in the county court, and an auditor was appointed, who reported the facts substantially as follows. The plaintiff’s account was for labor; and that part, in reference to which any controversy was had, was performed under a contract, made in March, 1845, by which the plaintiff agreed to labor for the defendant seven months, at ten dollars per month, fifty dollars to be paid in money, and twenty dollars to be paid in property, to be delivered at any time through the summer. The plaintiff commenced labor, under the contract, on the first day of…
1Opinion of the Court
*190The opinion of the court was delivered by
Poland, J.
The defendant insists, that inasmuch as the plaintiff contracted to work for him for the term of seven months, and the contract was entire, and the plaintiff left before the expiration of the full term, he is therefore precluded from any recovery for that portion of the time he actually worked, and that the case is brought within the decisions in St. Albans Steamboat Co. v. Wilkins, 8 Vt. 54, Brown v. Kimball, 12 Vt. 617, Ripley v. Chipman, 13 Vt. 268, and other cases to the same point.
If the plaintiff voluntarily abandoned the contract,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Brown v. KimballSupreme Court of Vermont · 1839
- Ripley v. ChipmanSupreme Court of Vermont · 1841
- St. Albans Steam Boat Co. v. WilkinsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1836
3Cited by1 opinion
- Rogers v. SteeleSupreme Court of Vermont · 1852