Pusey v. Moore
Pusey v. Moore
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The question mooted on this appeal from the Supreme Court, and. which was raised in the former court and in the District Court of Atlantic City where the action was originally brought, is, whether or not there was any evidence before the trial judge that warranted a finding by him that the contract upon which the respondent sued and recovered a judgment against, appellant in the District Court, was accepted by the respondent.
The state of the case agreed upon between the parties shows that the respondent’s original action against appellant was for work and labor performed by him for the appellant, as set forth in the state of demand and which is referred to as a part of the state of the case.
The state of demand discloses that the respondent’s action was founded on his claim for services rendered by him, for the appellant, from July 24th, 1914, to September 24th, 1914, and which services the respondent claimed were reasonably worth $150.
The state of the case then contains this language: “During the course of the trial, plaintiff, in order to have his proof and allegation in harmony, moved to amend his demand by setting up an express contract; which motion was allowed,” &c. The amended state of demand, also, made part of the state of the case, sets forth that the respondent claims wages due him as manager of the respondent’s hotel from the 28th day of July, 1914, to the 28th day of September, 1914, at $75 a month, pursuant to an agreement made with the appellant, whereby the appellant agreed to pay the respondent that amount or more if the business warranted it.
In order to ascertain what the plaintiffs proof was under the original state of demand we must turn to the amended one, which, according to the agreed state of the case, embodies the allegations conformable to the proof under the original, and from which amended state of demand it appears that the respondent acted as manager of appellant’s hotel for two months under an agreement that the respondent was to receive $75 a month, or more from the appellant, if business warranted it, and that the appellant promised to pay.
We think, therefore, there was proof warranting the finding of the trial judge that there was an express contract and that the respondent had performed services for the appellant under it.
Judgment of the Supreme Court will be affirmed, with costs.
For affirmmce — Ti-ie Chancellor, Chief Justice, Swayze, Minturn, Kalisch,' White, Heppeniieimer, Williams, Taylor, Gardner, JJ. 10.
For reversal—Parker, Bergen, JJ. 2.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- WILLIAM I. PUSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT v. CHARLES R. MOORE
- Status
- Published