Carmean v. North American Transportation & Trading Co.

Citations

• 45 Wash. 446
• 88 P. 834
• 1907 Wash. LEXIS 489

Syllabus

<p>Judgment — Res Judicata- — Contracts for Services — Wrongful Discharge — Successive Actions. As the doctrine of “constructive service” whereby successive actions may be maintained for wages accruing after a wrongful discharge does not now prevail, and the only remedy is damages for breach of contract, a recovery for salary for several months subsequent to a wrongful discharge, under a contract for employment for one year, whether for damages eo nomine, or for constructive service, is a bar to a subsequent action to recover salary for the balance of the term; since there is but one breach of the contract for which but one recovery for damages can be had.</p>