Dalton v. American Ammonia Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for the alleged breach of an agreement in writing to employ the plaintiff as salesman for one year from September 15, 1913, at a salary of $50 a week and all travelling and other reasonable expenses and a further compensation payable at the end of the term of two hundred and fifty shares of the capital stock of the defendant of the par value of $10 a share.
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Contract for the alleged breach of an agreement in writing to employ the plaintiff as salesman for one year from September 15, 1913, at a salary of $50 a week and all travelling and other reasonable expenses and a further compensation payable at the end of the term of two hundred and fifty shares of the capital stock of the defendant of the par value of $10 a share. Writ in the Superior Court dated June 8, 1914. The case was tried before Bell, J. The evidence in regard to the previous action between the same parties in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston is described in the opinion. At…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action to recover damages for the allegéd breach of a written contract. By the terms of the contract the defendant agreed to employ the plaintiff as a salesman for one year from September 15, 1913, at a salary of $50 a week, and to pay his travelling and other reasonable expenses; and at the end of the year, upon full performance by the plaintiff, to assign and deliver to him two hundred and fifty shares of the capital stock of the defendant corporation.
It is the contention of the plaintiff that a judgment recovered by him against^ the defendant in the Municipal Court of the City…
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