Forsyth v. Mckinney
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Albany county. Action by David Forsyth against James McKinney and Edward McKinney for breach of contract. Defendants appeal from a judgment entered on a verdict for plaintiff, and from an order denying defendants’ motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtLearned, P. J.
This action is brought to recover damages for breach of an alleged contract between the parties. The plaintiff claims that by that *562contract he agreed to work for defendants for one year from the 19th day of September, 1885, at the rate of $2.75 per day; that under this contract he proceeded to work till the 30th day of October in that year, when he was wrongfully discharged by defendants. The claim of the plaintiff to establish this contract is that about September 19, 1881, he contracted with defendants (or with one of them then carrying on the business) to work for them for one year at that…
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