Martin v. New York Life Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, made December 20, 1893, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict directed by the court, and granted a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. If there was any evidence sufficient to go to the jury in support of plaintiff’s claim, the reversal of the • General Term was erroneous.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, made December 20, 1893, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict directed by the court, and granted a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. If there was any evidence sufficient to go to the jury in support of plaintiff’s claim, the reversal of the • General Term was erroneous. (Reynolds v. Miller, 79 Hun, 113; Kirtz v. Peck, 113 N. Y. 222; Banker v. Knibloe, 69 Hun, 539, 540; Provost v. McEncroe, 102 N. Y. 650;…
1Opinion of the CourtBartlett, J.
The plaintiff sued to recover salary at the-rate of ten thousand dollars a year from the first day of May, 1892, until the first day of January, 1893, with interest.
■ The plaintiff entered the employ of the defendant in 1881,. and was placed in charge of the real estate department at a. salary of five thousand dollars a year. From the first of January, 1883, he received salary at the rate of sixty-five hundred dollars a year under an arrangement made in February, 1883. In February, 1884, the salary was increased to the rate of ten thousand a year, payable from January first, 1884. Salary was…
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