Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Co. v. Bulkley

Citations

• 48 Ill. 189

Syllabus

<p>1. Contract—of employment, fixing time of, and price—party holding over term adopts the original contract as to price to be paid. Where a party enters the employment of another, under a special contract, fixing the time, and the price to be paid for his services, and continues in such employment after his term has ended, he will be considered as holding under the original contract.</p> <p>2. Same—contract price must govern. And in such case, the contract will control the price, and it is error for the court, in its instructions to the jury, to put the claim for such services, performed after the expiration of his term, upon the basis of a quantum meruit.</p>