Halstead v. Minnesota Tribune Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $8,666.67 for breach of contract of employment. The ease was tried before Molyneux, J., who when plaintiff rested denied defendant’s motion for a directed verdict on the ground that the record wholly failed to establish the contract, and a jury which returned a verdict for $8,290. From an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
Action by a servant for breach of a contract of employment. Verdict against the master, and an appeal from the order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial.
Unless there was a valid contract of hiring for three years, there could be no recovery. The court instructed the jury that such a contract was conclusively proven. The correctness of 'this instruction is the only question in the case.
Plaintiff, a person of extensive experience in the newspaper business, applied to W. J. Murphy, the sole owner of the defendant, the publisher of the Minneapolis Tribune, for…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Western Twine Co. v. WrightSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1899
- Ikenberry v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
3Cited by4 opinions
- Lundgren v. Union Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
- In Re Petroleum Carriers Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1954
- In Re Estate of LeboriusSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1947
- LeBorius v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1947