Allentown Iron Co. v. McLaughlin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error, No. 86, July T. 1888, to C. P. Lebigb Co., to review a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff in an action of assumpsit by Thomas McLaughlin against the Allentown Iron Co., at Jan. T. 1888, No. iO. "Williams and McCollum:, JJ., absent. The evidence was to the following effect, at the trial, before Albright, P. J.: The plaintiff was, in January, 1887, employed by the defendant as a furnace boss.
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Error, No. 86, July T. 1888, to C. P. Lebigb Co., to review a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff in an action of assumpsit by Thomas McLaughlin against the Allentown Iron Co., at Jan. T. 1888, No. iO. "Williams and McCollum:, JJ., absent. The evidence was to the following effect, at the trial, before Albright, P. J.: The plaintiff was, in January, 1887, employed by the defendant as a furnace boss. He testified that he was “ to get $1300 and a free house,” and that he had been paid monthly until October. The defendant’s superintendent testified as to the circumstances of the employment as…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
If that portion of the charge of the learned court below, embraced in the fifth assignment, stood alone, it might be open to criticism. The contract of hiring was for one year, and it is true, as was stated by the court in the portion of the charge referred to, that the defendants below had no right to discharge the plaintiff during the running of the contract, because he was too high priced. But if, at the time, the defendant company had a right to discharge him for any cause, such discharge would not be unlawful because a wrong reason had been given for it. An examination of the…
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