Green Bay Fish Co. v. Jorgensen
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from a judgment of the municipal court of Brown county: Carlton MeRelll, Acting Judge. The appeal by plaintiff is from so much of a judgment of the municipal court as gives plaintiff less damages than it claims, by defendant from the judgment denying him relief.
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Appeals from a judgment of the municipal court of Brown county: Carlton MeRelll, Acting Judge. The appeal by plaintiff is from so much of a judgment of the municipal court as gives plaintiff less damages than it claims, by defendant from the judgment denying him relief. The defendant was one of the original stockholders and directors of the plaintiff, a Wisconsin corporation organized in May, 1914. The defendant and one John Ketter, also a stockholder and director, both lived in Green Bay before and after the incorporation, and defendant as treasurer and manager of the company, and John…
1Opinion of the CourtEschweiler, J.
The important question here is whether or not the court below should have permitted the jury’s finding that the conduct of defendant was not sufficient to warrant his discharge to control in the determination of this case.
'We think that under the facts herein as stated the court should have held as a matter of law that the discharge of defendant was justified because he breached his duty. The facts here much more than meet the requirements laid down in the case of Green v. Somers, 163 Wis. 96, 157 N. W. 529, namely, that where there is wilful and contumacious refusal by the servant to obey…
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- Green v. SomersWisconsin Supreme Court · 1916
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