L. J. Mueller Furnace Co. v. Holmes
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Walter Sci-iinz, Circuit Judge. For a long time prior to 1906 and thereafter the plaintiff was a corporation extensively engaged in business in Milwaukee and its stock was practically all owned by Mr. L. J. Mueller, Sr., and members of his family.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Walter Sci-iinz, Circuit Judge. For a long time prior to 1906 and thereafter the plaintiff was a corporation extensively engaged in business in Milwaukee and its stock was practically all owned by Mr. L. J. Mueller, Sr., and members of his family. In 1906 the same individuals organized the Manufacturers Foundry Company (hereinafter designated as M. F. Co.). In October, 1906, such M. F. Co. made a written contract with defendant by which he was employed as foreman in that company’s foundry, commencing December 1, 1906, at a then…
1Opinion of the CourtEschweiler, J.
Whether the testimbny_of defendant or Mueller as to the exact language used in the interview between them on July 26th when the relationship of employer and employee terminated be considered as the more correct recollection of what actually was said, we deem entirely immaterial.
From defendant’s own testimony on direct and cross-examination the following facts appear: Defendant was the trusted employee of plaintiff, holding an important position of an executive nature as foreman or shop superintendent, continuing from the same position and situation that he had occupied prior to February 1,…
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