Pennsylvania Railroad v. Bost
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Eeeoe to the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin coimty: Of May Term 1883, Mo. 1. This case was, in the court below, an appeal from the judgment of an alderman in favor of William Bost, plaintiff, against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. A declaration was filed in the common counts. Pleas, non assumpsit, and payment. with leave, &c.
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Eeeoe to the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin coimty: Of May Term 1883, Mo. 1. This case was, in the court below, an appeal from the judgment of an alderman in favor of William Bost, plaintiff, against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. A declaration was filed in the common counts. Pleas, non assumpsit, and payment. with leave, &c. On the trial, before Peabson, P. J., the plaintiff claimed to recover the sum of $125.42, being ten per cent, of his wages for four years as an employé in the car-building shops of the defendant company, which sum said company claimed the right to retain until…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
*31Botli parties agree that the only question in the court below and in this court is, what is the meaning of the paper signed by William Bost, the plaintiff, on April 19th 1876. At that time the plaintiff was a minor, but ho ratified the contract after his majority and claims under it. The defendant had adopted rules and regulations for minors entering into its service, to work in its shops, and upon acceptance of a person under those rules, they became a law unto the parties. Where, as here, duplicate copies are signed by the employee, he retains one and the employer the other, prima facie the…
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