Matthews v. Park Bro. & Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 263, Oct. T., 1893, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Aug. T., 1892, No. 149, on verdict for plaintiff, Joseph Matthews. Assumpsit for wages. Before Kennedy, P. J. At the trial, plaintiff introduced evidence to show that he had been wrongfully discharged by defendants from his position as rollerman in their steel mill. The defence was that he had disobeyed orders. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 263, Oct. T., 1893, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Aug. T., 1892, No. 149, on verdict for plaintiff, Joseph Matthews. Assumpsit for wages. Before Kennedy, P. J. At the trial, plaintiff introduced evidence to show that he had been wrongfully discharged by defendants from his position as rollerman in their steel mill. The defence was that he had disobeyed orders. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court charged in part as follows: “ [At a conversation, which was some three or four weeks before Matthews was discharged, the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
The plaintiff is a rollerman. He had a contract with .Park Bros. & Co. for work in their steel plate mill, for two years, at the rate of one dollar and fifty cents per net sheared ton of plate, with a guaranty that his wages should not fall below three thousand five hundred dollars per annum. After working seven or eight months he was discharged. He sues to recover wages for the remainder of the two years for which he was hired at the rate of- three thousand five hundred dollars per year. The defence set up is that he was discharged for a violation of orders…
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