Comes v. Lamson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of book debt. The cause was tried, on the general issue, at Litchfield, February term, 1844, before Waite, J. On the trial, the plaintiff claimed to recover his wages, as a labourer for the defendant, from the 9th of November, 1841, to the 26th of June, 1842. The defendant admitted, that the services had been performed, but claimed, that they had been performed under a special contract; and in support of his claim, he testified, that on the 26th of…
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This was an action of book debt. The cause was tried, on the general issue, at Litchfield, February term, 1844, before Waite, J. On the trial, the plaintiff claimed to recover his wages, as a labourer for the defendant, from the 9th of November, 1841, to the 26th of June, 1842. The defendant admitted, that the services had been performed, but claimed, that they had been performed under a special contract; and in support of his claim, he testified, that on the 26th of October, 1841, he entered into a contract with the plaintiff, by the terms of which the plaintiff agreed to labour for the…
1Opinion of the CourtWaite, J.
According to the testimony of the defendant, the plaintiff, on the 26th day of October, 1841, made a contract to labour for him, one year, at a stipulated price, and to commence the service upon the plaintiff’s return from New-York, which was to be in the course of a week or ten days thereafter. The plaintiff accordingly, on the 9th of November following, after his return from New-York, commenced his labour, and so continued until the 26th of June following, when he left the defendant’s employment.
This contract was not in writing, and, by the terms of it, was not to be performed within one…
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