· 11/24/1896
Butler v. City of Kingston
Citations
- 77 F. 655
- 1896 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93
How courts have described this case
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- holding that in cases of implied contracts for permanent employment, the court would infer the condition that an employee would keep his job “so long as the [employee] was able to do his work satisfactorily”
- where plaintiff agreed to leave prior position only on condition that new job be permanent, relinquishment of prior position was “bargained for” and thus sufficient consideration
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Judges: Hanfoed
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