MacDonald v. Davis

Citations

• 42 Pa. Super. 16
• 1910 Pa. Super. LEXIS 285

Syllabus

<p>Master and servant — Contract of employment — Suit for salary — Evidence.</p> <p>In an action for salary it appeared that the plaintiff had been employed by a contract in writing by a firm who were the general agents of an insurance company. The defendants were the successors of these agents. There was evidence that the plaintiff acted as cashier and auditor for defendants, but there was no evidence that the terms of the contract between them were other than that it was a contract of hire at the will of the new employers. The defendants did not discharge him, but he was dismissed by the president of the insurance company. Held, that a nonsuit was properly entered.</p>