Royce v. Farmers Life Insurance

Citations

• 107 Kan. 245
• 191 P. 581
• 1920 Kan. LEXIS 54

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Written Contract — Compensation, for Services — Continuing Contract —Pleadings—Evidence. The petition of the plaintiff herein examined, and held to be sufficient to warrant a, recovery for the services rendered by him to the defendant under a written contract which was pleaded, and further that the allegations were sufficient to admit of evidence that the parties treated the contract as a continuing one, and justified a recovery for services rendered beyond the term specified in the written contract.</p> <p>2. Same — Evidence Supports the Judgment. The evidence is held to be sufficient to sustain the findings of the jury and the judgment of the court.</p> <p>3. Same- — Evidence — Authority of Secretary of Defendant Company. Under the objection that was made, it is held that the questioned testimony of statements and directions given by the secretary of the defendant company, who was a director and member of the executive committee of the company, as to plaintiff’s employment, was admissible.</p> <p>4. Same — Certain Evidence Properly Admitted., The admission of stubs of checks which corresponded with the checks themselves that had already been received in evidence, was not error.</p> <p>5. Same — Exclusion of Evidence. No error was committed in excluding a letter written by an officer of the defendant to its own attorneys respecting a pleading filed in the case.</p> <p>6. Same ■— Self-serving Declarations. Self-serving declarations in the minutes of a private corporation are not admissible in its favor as against third parties not privies to the entries.</p>