Franklin Jewelry Co. v. Masch

This is an action of assumpsit brought by Sol Masch, plaintiff, against Franklin Jewelry Company, Incorporated, and its five subsidiary or affiliated corporations, namely, Schneer’s, Incorporated, Schneer’s Atlanta, Incorporated, Schneer’s Brooklyn, Incorporated, Schneer’s Charleston, Incorporated, and Schneer’s Charlotte, Incorporated, defendants.

The declaration alleges the following contract: On March 30, 1931, the defendant corporations (acting through “William Schneer, an officer of all the defendant corporations, and representing them jointly and severally”) made an oral contract with…