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  "id": 5411337,
  "name": "Owen Kelly, Defendant in Error, v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, Plaintiff in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "Kelly v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.",
  "decision_date": "1917-01-08",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 22,262",
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
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    "parties": [
      "Owen Kelly, Defendant in Error, v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, Plaintiff in Error."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Holdom\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nAbstract of the Decision.\nMaster and servant, \u00a7 3 \u2014when contract of employment is unilateral and unenforceable. A contract of employment under which the employer is bound to use the services of the employee for a specified term but the employee has the right to quit work at any time he sees fit is unilateral, lacking in mutuality, and is consequently unenforceable.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice Holdom"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Montgomery, Hart, Smith & Steers, for plaintiff in error.",
      "John J. Lupe, for defendant in error."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Owen Kelly, Defendant in Error, v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, Plaintiff in Error.\nGen. No. 22,262.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nError to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Joseph Z. Uhlib, Judge, presiding. \" Heard in this court at the March term, 1916.\nReversed and judgment of nil capiat and for costs entered here.\nOpinion filed January 8, 1917.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Owen Kelly, plaintiff, against Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, a corporation, defendant, to recover for breach of a contract of employment. From a judgment for plaintiff for $488.20, defendant brings error.\nMontgomery, Hart, Smith & Steers, for plaintiff in error.\nJohn J. Lupe, for defendant in error.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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