Development Co. of America v. King
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Writ of error to review a judgment of the Circuit Court, entered upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the defendant in error, who was the plaintiff below. In the opinion following the parties are designated as in the court below.
1Opinion of the Court
NOYES, Circuit Judge.
This was an action to recover damages for an alleged breach of a contract of employment between the defendant and one Brainerd Rorison, who assigned his claim to the plaintiff.
These facts were not disputed upon the trial: Prior to June, 1901, Rorison had been the president of the defendant company. At that time he resigned his office and entered its employment under a written contract providing that he should “devote liis entire time, service, and energy, in good faith and to the exclusion of all other employment, to the service of this company and to the performance of…
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