Minnesota Supreme Court, 1926

Goldie v. Sweet

Goldie v. Sweet
Minnesota Supreme Court · Decided November 26, 1926 · PER CURIAM.
210 N.W. 895; 169 Minn. 512; 1926 Minn. LEXIS 1489 (North Western Reporter)

Goldie v. Sweet

Opinion of the Court

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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