Keck v. Michigan Quartz Silica Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: ObREN T. Williams, Circuit Judge. This action was brought in the civil court of Milwaukee county to recover $600 alleged to he due plaintiff under a resolution of the defendant corporation. It was tried without a jury in that court and findings made on which a judgment of $400 was entered, which judgment was affirmed on appeal to the circuit court.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: ObREN T. Williams, Circuit Judge. This action was brought in the civil court of Milwaukee county to recover $600 alleged to he due plaintiff under a resolution of the defendant corporation. It was tried without a jury in that court and findings made on which a judgment of $400 was entered, which judgment was affirmed on appeal to the circuit court. The facts were that the defendant, a foreign corporation, in' May, 1909, employed the plaintiff as sales manager for its products in Milwaukee on a commission, of fifteen per cent,…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, C. J.
This judgment must be affirmed, because (1) it does not appear that the findings of fact of the civil court are against the clear preponderance of the evidence (Pabst B. Co. v. Milwaukee L. Co. 156 Wis. 615, 146 N. W. 879), and (2) the continued maintenance by the plaintiff of his office in the Railway Exchange Building after the passage of the resolution of November 18, 1909, was sufficient consideration for the promise contained in the resolution.
By the Court. — Judgment affirmed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Pabst Brewing Co. v. Milwaukee Lithographing Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
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