Briggs v. Gilbert Grocery Co.

William Briggs brought this action originally in the Scioto Common Pleas against the Gilbert Grocery Company to recover an alleged balance due on his salary and a certain amount claimed to be due under a contract.

It appears that Briggs was an officer and director of the Grocery Company and while so employed the officers and directors of said Company voted to increase their salaries and provided for special compensation under certain contracts.

The Company in its answer admitted the resolution but sets up the defense that the same was unlawful and unreasonable. The judgment of the Common Pleas…