The Law of Master and Servant: Including that of Trades Unions and CombinationsGeorge Routledge, 1873 - 184 pages |
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... recover the wages which the infant has engaged to pay . If the point be disputed , it will be for a jury to award such compensation as they may deem reasonable for ser- vices rendered , quite apart from any contract or engage- ment . At ...
... recover the wages which the infant has engaged to pay . If the point be disputed , it will be for a jury to award such compensation as they may deem reasonable for ser- vices rendered , quite apart from any contract or engage- ment . At ...
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... recover any salary which may be due to them , or to maintain an action for wrongful dismissal . On the other hand , a corporation may transact trifling matters of business and enter into such ordinary contracts as are of constant ...
... recover any salary which may be due to them , or to maintain an action for wrongful dismissal . On the other hand , a corporation may transact trifling matters of business and enter into such ordinary contracts as are of constant ...
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... recover wages for work done or services rendered by him to a master or employer after adjudication , and previous to his dis- charge . Persons in the employment of a bankrupt at the time of his bankruptcy are entitled to claim any ...
... recover wages for work done or services rendered by him to a master or employer after adjudication , and previous to his dis- charge . Persons in the employment of a bankrupt at the time of his bankruptcy are entitled to claim any ...
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... recover what his services were worth , irrespective of such void agreement ; but no doubt the court would , in nearly all cases , assess their value at the sum therein stated . The agreement would , however , be both legally and ...
... recover what his services were worth , irrespective of such void agreement ; but no doubt the court would , in nearly all cases , assess their value at the sum therein stated . The agreement would , however , be both legally and ...
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... recovered in an action . No doubt the master may refuse to pay the wages , take the risk of the servant suing him for them ... recover the damages to which he was entitled . Execution could , however , only be taken out by that party who ...
... recovered in an action . No doubt the master may refuse to pay the wages , take the risk of the servant suing him for them ... recover the damages to which he was entitled . Execution could , however , only be taken out by that party who ...
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The Law of Master and Servant: Including That of Trades Unions and ... William Andrews Holdsworth No preview available - 2014 |
The Law of Master and Servant: Including That of Trades Unions and Combinations William Andrews Holdsworth No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 19 - ... unless the agreement, upon which such action shall be brought or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Page 50 - ... shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof shall be liable at the discretion of the court to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.
Page 154 - The appeal shall be made to some court of general or quarter sessions for the county or place in which the cause of appeal has arisen...
Page 47 - ... it seems reasonable to allow an option to the injured party, either to sue immediately or to wait till the time when the act was to be done, still holding it as prospectively binding for the exercise of his option, which may be advantageous to the innocent party and cannot be prejudicial to the wrongdoer.
Page 126 - ... chattel, money, or valuable security, for or in the name or on the account of his master, and shall fraudulently embezzle the same, or any part thereof, every such offender shall be deemed to have feloniously stolen the same from his master, although such chattel, money, or security was not received into the possession of such master otherwise than by the actual possession of his clerk, servant, or other person so employed...
Page 126 - ... or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
Page 57 - ... and perhaps it might be difficult beforehand to suggest any exact definition of them. It is necessary, however, in each particular case, to ascertain whether the servants are fellow labourers in the same work, because, although a servant may be taken to have engaged to encounter all risks which are incident to the service which he undertakes, yet he cannot be expected to anticipate those which may happen to him on occasions foreign to his employment. Where servants, therefore, are engaged in...
Page 159 - ... securities, books, papers, or other effects to the trade union, or to repay the amount of money applied improperly, and to pay, if the court...
Page 110 - The rule that parol evidence is not admissible to contradict or vary a written contract...
Page 152 - It shall be lawful for one or more persons, acting on their own behalf or on behalf of a trade union or of an individual employer or firm in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute, to attend at or near a house or place where a person resides or works or carries on business or happens to be, if they so attend merely for the purpose of peacefully obtaining or communicating information, or of peacefully persuading any person to work or abstain from working.