Glynn v. Moran
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, for the breach of an agreement executed on October 1, 1895, by the defendants, doing business as Charles E. Hall and Company, as the parties of the first part, and by the plaintiff as the party of the second part, and containing the following provisions: “ That the parties of the first part hereby agree to employ the party of the second part for the term of ten (10) years from the date hereof, at a salary, and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed;…
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Contract, for the breach of an agreement executed on October 1, 1895, by the defendants, doing business as Charles E. Hall and Company, as the parties of the first part, and by the plaintiff as the party of the second part, and containing the following provisions: “ That the parties of the first part hereby agree to employ the party of the second part for the term of ten (10) years from the date hereof, at a salary, and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed; and in. consideration thereof the party of the second part hereby agrees to devote his entire time, labor, and ability to…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
As we construe the contract for the breach of which this action has been brought, it is an agreement on the part of the defendants to employ the plaintiff for ten years at a salary of $2,000 a year, on terms and conditions set out in the instrument, in the management and conduct of the business carried on by the defendants in the manufacture and sale of soda water fountains, with what is in effect a proviso, that, if *235the business should prove unsuccessful, the defendants may discontinue it at any time, paying the plaintiff thereafter $1,500 a year till the end of the ten years. The concluding…
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