Chadwick v. Morris & Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Henry C. Beitler, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Uourt at the October term, 1910.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice F. A. Smith
delivered the opinion of the court.
This writ of error is prosecuted to reverse a judgment of the municipal court against William H. Chadwick, plaintiff in error, who sued Morris & Company, defendant in error, to recover the balance of a yearly salary of $1,500. The plaintiff claimed that he had been discharged by the defendant without fault on his part. The trial court instructed the jury for the defendant, and entered judgment on the verdict.
We recognize the law to be as contended by plaintiff that a peremptory instruction should not be given where there is any…
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