Crillo v. Curtola

Plaintiff was hired by defendants to work for them for a period of two years at a salary of $700 per month. After working and being paid for about nine months he was discharged. This action was then brought for breach of contract. Plaintiff was awarded a judgment for $9,300, which is the amount of his salary accruing during the portion of the two-year period during which he was unpaid, less $1,375 actually earned by him in other employments during that period. Defendants appeal.

In 1944, and for several years prior thereto, plaintiff was employed as chief steward at San Quentin Prison. In…