Paige v. Barrett
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of CONTRACT, to recover wages alleged to be due from the defendants to the plaintiffs. The cases were tried together in the Superior Court, before Staples, J., who refused to rule that the actions were prematurely brought, and that on the evidence-the plaintiffs could not maintain the actions, and submitted the cases to the jury, who returned a verdict for the plaintiffs; and the defendants alleged exceptions. : The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
The declaration in each of these cases alleges a contract to employ the plaintiff until April 1, 1887, at a certain rate, and a breach by a wrongful discharge before that date. *68Each concludes, “ Wherefore the defendants owe him . . . the amount of his wages” from the date of the discharge to April 1, 1887. This conclusion is inartificial, but the declarations show that the claim is for what the plaintiffs are entitled to recover in respect of the time after their discharge. There was no demurrer, but only a'request for a ruling that upon the evidence the actions were prematurely brought, the…
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