Dieringer v. Meyer
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lae County. During tbe year 1875, plaintiff was employed by defendant to superintend tbe lumber yard of the latter at Hew Cassel in Pond du Lac coiinty. At that yard defendant also carried on the business of purchasing wood arid shipping it to the city of Pond du Lac, to he there sold. Plaintiff also had charge of this branch of defendant’s business at Hew Cassel.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lae County. During tbe year 1875, plaintiff was employed by defendant to superintend tbe lumber yard of the latter at Hew Cassel in Pond du Lac coiinty. At that yard defendant also carried on the business of purchasing wood arid shipping it to the city of Pond du Lac, to he there sold. Plaintiff also had charge of this branch of defendant’s business at Hew Cassel. In June, 1875, defendant discharged plaintiff from his service, and paid him to the time of such discharge. Plaintiff claims that he was so employed by the year, that is, for the whole of…
1Opinion of the CourtLyoN, J.
It is well settled that if a servant, without the consent of his master, engage in any employment or business *313for himself or another, which may tend to injure his master’s trade or business, he may lawfully be discharged before the expiration of the agreed term of service. This is so because it is the duty of the servant, not only to give his time and attention to his master’s business, but, by all lawful means at his command, to protect and advance his master’s interests. But when the servant engages in a business which brings him in direct competition with his master, the tendency is to…
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