Henthorn v. Western Maryland Railway Co.

This is an appeal by Richard Henthorn (plaintiff-appellant), a former employee of the Western Maryland Railway Company (defendant-appellee), the employer, from a summary judgment entered against the plaintiff in favor of the defendant for costs in the suit of the employee against the employer for damages for wrongful discharge and for defamation of character.

As the result of an incident 1 that occurred on January 13, 1959, the employee was discharged for removing a coil of wire from the railway premises without authority in violation of Rule 735 of the company (which stated in part that…