Legal Opinion
Jacobson v. Schiffer
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided June 15, 1906Published
Appeal by the defendants from a judgment of the city Court of the city of New York, Trial Term, rendered in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtLeventbitt, J.
This is an action by an employee against his employers to recover damages for breach of contract of employment. The plaintiff pleaded and presented proof tending to support an oral contract made on April 15, 1905, and expiring Apiil 15, 1906. He was discharged on ¡November 3, 1905. The defendants denied the terms of the contract and pleaded the Statute of Frauds. The basis of that plea was that the contract was made on April 12, 1905, and, if it was not to expire until April 15, 1906, as the plaintiff contended, it was void because not reduced to writing.
"Whether the contract was made on…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kay v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Goldstein v. GoldmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902