Goldie v. Sweet

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Goldie v. Sweet

210 N.W. 895, 169 Minn. 512, 1926 Minn. LEXIS 1489

Supreme Court of Minnesota·Decided November 26, 1926·No. No. 25,408.·Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

That a partnership engaged in manufacturing and selling caps should on their own initiative volunteer to give a young employe, who was receiving a salary of $30 per week, as a bonus, the price of a Chevrolet automobile at the end of the year is so improbable that a verdict, finding that such an agreement was entered into, should not be permitted to stand. What accentuates the improbability is the conceded fact that a few months after the alleged agreement was made defendants of their own motion raised plaintiff’s wages to $35 per week, and that he continued in the employ six months after a flat refusal to pay the alleged bonus.

Order reversed and a new trial granted.

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PER CURIAM.

That a partnership engaged in manufacturing and selling caps should on their own initiative volunteer to give a young employe, who was receiving a salary of $30 per week, as a bonus, the price of a Chevrolet automobile at the end of the year is so improbable that a verdict, finding that such an agreement was entered into, should not be permitted to stand. What accentuates the improbability is the conceded fact that a few months after the alleged agreement was made defendants of their own motion raised plaintiff’s wages to $35 per week, and that he continued in the employ six months after a flat refusal to pay the alleged bonus.

Order reversed and a new trial granted.

Goldie v. Sweet, 210 N.W. 895, 169 Minn. 512, 1926 Minn. LEXIS 1489 (Mich. 1926).

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