Blair, Jr. v. Laughead

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

Appellant was plaintiff below in an action of assumpsit based upon an alleged oral contract for the payment to him by defendant of wages, at the rate of $35 per week, in lieu of compensation for an injury alleged to have been received in the course of his employment with defendant. He recovered a verdict for $2,278,'but the trial judge granted defendant’s motion for judgment in his favor upon the whole record, notwithstanding the verdict, and plaintiff now appeals from the judgment thus entered against him.

The controlling question in the case is one of law, viz;…