McDonald v. Pend Oreille Mines & Metals Co.

Plaintiff, on behalf of himself and sixty other employees of defendant domestic corporation, seeks recovery against the defendant as beneficiaries of a contract made by the defendant with the President of the United States. The sixty-one causes of action are based upon the President’s Reemployment Agreement, oral promises, and estoppel.

The complaint alleges that, on or about August 14, 1933, defendant voluntarily entered into an agreement known as the President’s Reemployment Agreement with the President of the United States with reference to employment of labor covering the period from…