Craig v. Hickok Music Co.

Judgment reversed upon the law, with costs, and complaint dismissed, with costs, upon the ground that plaintiff’s discharge was warranted because of statements in his affidavit in a prior action, beyond the necessities of his case, charging the president of his employer with crime, and upon the further ground that the uncontradieted testimony showed that plaintiff endeavored to induce coemployees to leave defendant’s employment. Rich and Hagarty, JJ., concur; Lazansky, P. J., concurs in the result, upon the ground that justification for plaintiff’s discharge was shown in the uncontradicted…