Davies v. Semloh Hotel, Inc.

MOFFAT, Justice.

This action is upon a written contract of employment between plaintiff and respondent and the Semloh Hotel, Inc., defendant and appellant. It is alleged that in order to secure employment from the defendant Semloh Hotel, Inc., plaintiff paid to defendant $500 in cash and 27 shares of stock of the J. C. Penney Company upon the express agreement on the part of the Semloh Hotel to employ the plaintiff. One of the conditions of the employment was that the plaintiff should buy from the Semloh Hotel 1,600 shares of the capital stock of that company. In addition to the contract of…