Terry Shipbuilding Corp. v. Gregory
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Complaint — appeal; from Chatham superior court — Judge Meldrim. August 10, 1920. Gregory was discharged from the employment of the Terry Shipbuilding Corporation, and sued the corporation for $100, as salary from April 15, 1919, the date of leaving the defendant’s employment, to May 1, 1919. The defense pleaded is set out in substance in the following opinion.
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Complaint — appeal; from Chatham superior court — Judge Meldrim. August 10, 1920. Gregory was discharged from the employment of the Terry Shipbuilding Corporation, and sued the corporation for $100, as salary from April 15, 1919, the date of leaving the defendant’s employment, to May 1, 1919. The defense pleaded is set out in substance in the following opinion. The plaintiff obtained a verdict for the amount sued for; and, the defendant’s motion for a new trial being overruled, the movant excepted. '' 1-5. As to those grounds of the motion for a new trial which precede ground 12 it is not…
1Per curiam
1. In this case the plaintiff sued for $100, alleged to be due as salary for a time extending from April 15, 1919, to May 1, 1919. The plaintiff contended, and adduced evidence to show, that he was employed by the defendant to Avork for it from October 14, 1918, to October 14, 1919, for a salary of $3,400 a year, his salary being paid semi-monthly, and that he was discharged and was paid nothing after April 15, 1919. The defendant contended that the contract of employment terminated on April 15, 1919, that the plaintiff had done no work for it since that date, and was due no pay. It pleaded…
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