McArthur v. Times Printing Co.

Before Times Printing Co. (defendant), a newspaper publisher, was formally organized, its promoter Nimocks made a one-year employment contract on its behalf with McArthur (plaintiff), an advertising solicitor, to begin on the company's supposed organization date of October 1, 1889. Times actually organized on October 16, but McArthur worked under the contract from October 1, 1889 through April 1890, and Times's officers knew of the contract but never formally approved or objected to it. After Times stopped employing him, McArthur sued for breach of contract and the jury found in his favor; Times appealed.