Hoffmann v. World's Columbian Exposition
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Assumpsit. In the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. Declaration, special count on written agreement and common counts; plea, general issue and affidavit of merits; trial by jury; verdict and judgment for defendant; plaintiff appeals. Heard in this court at the October term, 1894. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
The appellant was employed at $40 a week as a musician by the appellee “ for about six months * * * beginning May, 1893.” Whether on the 7th day of October, 1893, he gave cause for his discharge, and whether in fact he was discharged before the 11th day of the same month, were questions of fact for the jury, and the verdict is final.
Appellant’s first point is that the defense of good cause for discharge could not be made without special plea, and for authority cites Speck v. Phillips, 5 Mee. & Wels. 279, and Cooper v. Whitehouse, 6 Car. & P. 545, which cases were decided under rules of…
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