Hussey v. Holloway
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for a breach of a contract to employ the plaintiff as trimmer in the defendants’ millinery department in Boston for the spring season of 1910 at $18 a week. Writ dated March 24, 1910. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Fox, J. At the trial the defendants admitted that there had been a breach of the contract, and it was agreed that the only question to be decided was the amount of the damages.
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Contract for a breach of a contract to employ the plaintiff as trimmer in the defendants’ millinery department in Boston for the spring season of 1910 at $18 a week. Writ dated March 24, 1910. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Fox, J. At the trial the defendants admitted that there had been a breach of the contract, and it was agreed that the only question to be decided was the amount of the damages. The facts which could have been found upon the evidence are stated in the opinion, where also are stated certain instructions given by the judge. At the close of the evidence the…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The defendants agreed to employ the plaintiff for the spring season of 1910 as trimmer in their millinery department. In the Superior Court they admitted that there had been a breach of this contract on their part, and the trial proceeded on the issue of damages. The case is here on exceptions to the refusal of the judge to give several rulings requested by the defendants, and to the admission of certain testimony.
It appeared in evidence that the season began about February 15, 1910. On February 14 the defendants wrote to the plaintiff notifying her that they would not re-engage her. To this…
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