McLean v. Continental Wingate Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing “it is elemental that it is not possible to have a unilateral modification of a contract previously entered into between the parties.”
• defendant used corporate assets to purchase personal property, including realty, for himself and for family members, which did not benefit the corporation
• not unenforceable merely because the agreement did not contain a formula for the calculation of the profits to which McLean was entitled under its terms
• not unenforceable merely because the agreement did not contain a formula for the calculation of the profits to which McLean was entitled under its terms
• ambiguity in employment contract must be construed against employer which drafted the agreement
• employer’s agreement to pay employee particular percentage of company’s net profits enforceable; although agreement did not set forth a method for calculating net profits, the parties’ past dealings established the appropriate method

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).