Hutchinson v. Washburn
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, George J. Washburn, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
We think that there should be a new trial. ' During the trial the defendant elicited evidence from the plaintiff to the effect that when the plaintiff was on his business trips for his employer he obtained, on several occasions, commercial rates at hotels, i. e., a discount from the usual rate, though his expense account shows hotel charges at the usual rates. We fail to find that the plaintiff offered any evidence to explain these variances. It is true that this conduct was not one of the expressed reasons for the discharge, and it is questionable whether the evidence was strictly…
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