Tifield v. Adams
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Dubuque District Court. This is an action brought to recover for services rendered • on a written contract, dated 23d February, 1854, to take effect on tbe 21st March, and to continue for one year, by which the plaintiff undertook to perform the duties of editor of the Dubuque Weekly Tribune, and those of proof reader, and the defendant was to pay ten dollars per week for the editorial duties, and an additional compensation for the other services.
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Appeal from the Dubuque District Court. This is an action brought to recover for services rendered • on a written contract, dated 23d February, 1854, to take effect on tbe 21st March, and to continue for one year, by which the plaintiff undertook to perform the duties of editor of the Dubuque Weekly Tribune, and those of proof reader, and the defendant was to pay ten dollars per week for the editorial duties, and an additional compensation for the other services. Soon after the making of this contract, Adams commenced the issuance of a daily and tri-weekly, in addition to the weekly paper.…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodwakd, J.
The. defendant requested the court to give the following instructions to the jury: 1.- That if Ti-field quit the office, either because he was not wanted, or because his wages were not high enough, such quitting may be regarded as an abandonment of the old contract; which the court gave, with this qualification: “If Tiñeld voluntarily quit,” &c. To this qualification, the defendant excepted. He also asked the following: “2. That the fact that Tifield quit the office, and did not edit the weekly or daily for several days, and that they tried to make a new contract which would have superseded…
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