Zinnell v. Bergdoll

Citations

• 19 Pa. Super. 508
• 1902 Pa. Super. LEXIS 141

Syllabus

<p>Master and servant — Contract of employment.</p> <p>Where a person contracts to work on a farm for a yearateertain money wages per month, and his compensation is not dependent on the farm or its yield, and he is permitted to occupy a house on the land- without paying rent, the contract is a personal contract terminating upon the death of the owner, and if the farmer continues to work on the land after the death of the owner, his right to compensation does not arise out of his contract with the decedent. If the administratrix of the decedent accepts and pays for the services of the farmer during a period of three months after the decedent’s death, without anything whatever being said as to how long the employment is to continue, such action on her part does not give rise to an implied contract that the employment shall continue until the end of the year contemplated by the original contract of the decedent.</p>