Cox v. Philadelphia City Pottery Co.

Citations

• 38 Pa. Super. 545
• 1909 Pa. Super. LEXIS 182

Syllabus

<p>Master and servant — Contract of employment — Evidence—Corporation.</p> <p>1. In an action against a corporation to recover salary as manager, where the evidence shows that the plaintiff had acted as manager of the business before it was incorporated, the written contract of employment between the prior owner of the business and the plaintiff, is not admissible, if there is nothing to show that the plaintiff worked under this contract as manager for the corporation.</p> <p>Evidence — Expert—Books-—Business profits.</p> <p>2. A court cannot properly exercise its discretion as to whether or not expert testimony should be received to show the profits and losses of a business, without the books and invoices being produced and offered in evidence.</p>