Neeley v. Stratton
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Mandell, J. Assumpsit by Roy Neeley against Franklin Stratton and John A. Oleson for breach of a contract of hire. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This case was commenced in justice’s court. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff the case was appealed to the circuit court, where it was tried by a jury. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff the case is brought here by writ of error.
The plaintiff claimed he was hired on March 8, 1911, by defendant partnership, to demonstrate a car with a convertible body, which defendants were endeavoring to place on the market. The defense was that a company known as the B-O-S-S Company had been formed and had taken over all the property of the partnership, and that the partnership thereupon…
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