Luce v. San Diego Land & Town Co.

Citations

• 4 Cal. Unrep. 726
• 37 P. 390

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant—Contract of Employment.—Plaintiffs, by letter, offered their services to defendant for $5,000 a year. Defendant replied that plaintiffs’ “names shall appear on the pay-roll at the rate of $416.66 per month.” Later, defendant’s president inquired if the salary was satisfactory, and plaintiffs replied that they did not know whether they were employed by the month or year; that they would accept no employment except by the year, to which defendant's president consented. Held, that the employment was by the year, at $5,000, payable monthly.1</p>