Pfund v. Zimmerman

Illinois Supreme Court
Pfund v. Zimmerman, 29 Ill. 269 (Ill. 1862)
Caton

Pfund v. Zimmerman

Opinion of the Court

Caton, C. J.

This judgment must be affirmed. The evidence in this case does not show a hiring for any specified time. The salary of $1,000 per year, as testified by the witness, was a rate of compensation for the time for which the plaintiff should serve, and not a specification of any particular term of service, agreed upon.

The first instruction asked for by the defendants was most properly refused. There was not a particle of evidence tending to show that the plaintiff had been guilty of embezzlement, and in such a state of the proof, it would have been highly improper for the court to have given an instruction implying that there was evidence tending to show he had committed such a crime.

The judgment is affirmed. Judgment affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
John Pfund v. Edward Zimmerman
Cited By
8 cases
Status
Published