Swanston v. Swanston Equipment Company

BURKE, Chief Justice.

By this action plaintiff sought to recover from the defendant wages and expenses for the month of January 1953, in the sum of $448.50. The defendant answered denying that it was indebted to the plaintiff in any amount and by way of counterclaim alleged that defendant was indebted to it in the sum of $12,500. At the trial the defendant admitted that plaintiff had been employed by it during the month of January 1953, and had not been paid his salary and expenses for that month. It was defendant’s contention, however, that plaintiff’s claim in this action had been released…