Daversa v. Davidow's Sons Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the City Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in favor of plaintiff for $400 damages, besides costs, entered upon a verdict.
1Opinion of the CourtGuy, J.
This action was brought to recover for the alleged breach of a written contract whereby plaintiff was employed by defendant as a designer of women’s clothing at fifty dollars a week for the term of one year, plaintiff agreeing “ to devote all his time and attention to their business and to create up-to-date styles to the entire satisfaction of the said Wm. H. Davidow Sons Company.”
Plaintiff testified that one day, after he had entered into defendant’s employment under said written contract, he had a conversation with the president of the defendant company, in which he stated that he had been…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Crawford v. . Mail Express Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Diamond v. MendelsohnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
3Cited by1 opinion
- Daversa v. Wm. H. Davidow Sons Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915