Legal Opinion
Heaman v. E. N. Rowell Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 1, 1933PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pound, Ch. J.
The,action is one to recover damages for an alleged wrongful discharge of plaintiff from the employ of defendant.
The question is whether an allegation in the complaint ,that an oral contract of employment for life by a corporation was made through its president, can be upheld as sufficient in law. That a contract for employment for life if authorized by the corporation and based on an adequate consideration, will ordinarily be sustained admits of no dispute. (Riefkin v. DuPont DeNemours & Co., 290 Fed. Rep. 286; Arentz v. Morse Dry Dock & Repair Co., 249 N. Y. 439, 444.) Alleged…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Calvo v. . DaviesNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Carney v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Arentz v. Morse Dry Dock & Repair Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Alexander v. Equitable Life Assurance SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
- Carney v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Slonaker v. P. G. Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Savarese v. Pyrene Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1952
- Osborne v. Locke Steel Chain Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1966
- Alabama Mills, Inc. v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- Ohio Table Pad Co. of Indiana, Inc. v. HoganIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981
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