Dana v. Short

Citations

• 81 Ill. 468

Syllabus

<p>1. Contract—by letter, and acceptance. An offer by a party to employ another for labor during the winter months, by letter, and its acceptance by the other, constitutes a contract according to the terms contained in the letter, and such a contract is mutually binding.</p> <p>2. Same—recovery by laborer when discharged. If one commences service, under a contract to labor for another during the winter months at $10 per week, and is discharged at the end of the first month, without cause, and, after reasonable exertion, fails to find other employment, he may recover the wages agreed to be paid him, and in such case it is not necessary he should remonstrate at being discharged.</p>