Ferreyra v. E. & J. GALLO WINERY
California Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN (R. M.), J.
Appellant appeals from a judgment of nonsuit in a jury trial entered on motion of respondent at the conclusion of appellant’s presentation of his evidence in an action for his wrongful discharge by respondent with whom he had a contract of employment.
Appellant, a citizen of Argentina and head of the Agronomy Department of the Corcemar Company, was in charge of a 160,000 acre project reclaiming certain land in South America. In 1960 he was acting as a guide for Ernest Gallo, president of respondent company, who was touring South America at the time. Appellant told Mr. Gallo of…
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