Friedman v. Jordan

Henry P. Friedman was the defendant in the court below to an action for damages by Jordan, an infant, who sued by his next friend, and a judgment was pronounced against him, for $1,500 upon the verdict of a jury.

Jordan had been working as a delivery boy for Friedman who conducted a grocery store, his wages being $5 per week. On the morning of June 14, 1935, after having made several deliveries, Jordan had collections of $1.25 belonging to Friedman. They had a dispute about a bicycle and Jordan was discharged, but refused to turn the $1.25 over to Friedman because the latter owed him wages of…