Davis v. Tampico Farmers Mutual Telephone Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Wolfe

delivered the opinion of the court.

On May 28, 1946, the plaintiff, George Davis, filed his complaint in the circuit court of Whiteside county, against the defendant, The Tampico Farmers Mutual Telephone Company, a corporation, for breach of a written contract of employment. Under the contract the plaintiff was employed as manager of the company from January 1, 1945, to December 31, 1945, at a monthly salary of $160. The complaint is drawn on the theory that, by implication of law, the contract was renewed for the year 1946, by the continuation of the relationship of…