Stevens v. Elizabeth Arden, Inc.

Plaintiff, in 1934, was employed by the defendants for a period of one year under an oral contract which all parties agree was “ terminable at any time prior to the expiration date thereof by either party upon three months’ prior notice.” This arrangement was renewed from time to time, and when the matters involved herein occurred, the expiration date was December 31, 1936.

On this appeal we are concerned only with plaintiff’s right to recover salary alleged to have been earned by him between May 1 and May 15, 1936. Plaintiff’s salary was payable in semi-monthly installments of $937.50.

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