Grant v. New Departure Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover the unpaid balance claimed to be due upon an alleged annual contract to employ the plaintiff as supervisor of the defendant’s ball-bearing department, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County, Coats, Jfacts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $906, and appeal by the defendant. The defendant, desiring a superintendent for its ball-bearing department, made the plaintiff a proposition to serve it in that capacity.
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Action to recover the unpaid balance claimed to be due upon an alleged annual contract to employ the plaintiff as supervisor of the defendant’s ball-bearing department, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County, Coats, Jfacts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $906, and appeal by the defendant. The defendant, desiring a superintendent for its ball-bearing department, made the plaintiff a proposition to serve it in that capacity. The plaintiff asked time to consider the proposition, and a few days later, on January 25th, wrote it a letter which read:…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
If the plaintiff was employed for a year at a salary of $2,500, as he claims, then his discharge by the defendant before the end of the year was a breach of its contract.
It appears that prior to the writing of the letters which passed between the parties, they had met and talked over the defendant’s requirements and the plaintiff’s experience and qualifications. The defendant then offered the plaintiff employment as mechanic and supervisor of its ball department at a salary of $2,500 for the first year. The plaintiff requested time to consider the proposition. The letters then passed between…
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