Leyenberger v. Rebanks
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Assumpsit for services. In the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. Declaration, common counts; plea, general issue and affidavit of merits; trial by jury; verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the October term, 1894, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Waterman
delivered the opinion oe the Court.
This is an action by an employe to recover wages that he might have earned and would have been payable to him had he not, as he alleged, been, without justifiable cause, discharged before the expiration of the period for which he was engaged.
We are unitedly of the opinion that the evidence justified the verdict of the jury, that the plaintiff was engaged for one year and that he did not accept or assent to his discharge.
It may be the case that the plaintiff was, under the evidence, entitled to not quite so large a sum as he…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Summers v. Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1893
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- National Bank v. BakerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895