Jones v. Ernst Ernst

Plaintiff sued for an alleged balance due for salary for the first nine months'of 1927. Defendant, a partnership, answered that the amount claimed was for a bonus, not for salary, which under its contract it was not obligated to pay; and, if not a bonus, that plaintiff by his disloyal acts had forfeited any claim thereto. Defendant also reconvened praying for the return of the amount paid plaintiff as salary during the period of his alleged disloyalty, for an amount due for overdrafts, and for the damages resulting from plaintiff’s alleged disloyal activities.

The court below rejected…