Taylor v. Stanley Co. of America

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

This action in assumpsit was brought by plaintiff to recover salary alleged to be due on a contract of employment. The court below, on an affidavit of defense raising questions of law, entered judgment for defendant, and plaintiff took this appeal.

The facts can be briefly summarized as follows: On October 14, 1917, plaintiff, Marshall W. Taylor, entered into a written contract with J. F. Zimmerman, by the terms of which, inter alia, Zimmerman employed plaintiff to act as general manager of all his vaudeville and moving picture theatres, at a salary of $22,500 a…