Geary v. Hoffman

This action of assumpsit involves an alleged breach of an employment contract. It was heard before a justice of the superior court sitting with a jury and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $2,562.44. The case is before us on the defendants’ exceptions to- certain evidentiary rulings and -to the denial of their motion for a new trial.

The defendant Abraham Hoffman and his wife owned Hoffman’s, Incorporated, -a Rhode Island corporation which operated the Terrace Hotel in the town of Middletown. After preliminary discussion between plaintiff and Mr. Hoffman they entered into a written…