Legal Opinion
Leifer v. Scheinman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 26, 1917PublishedCited by 12 opinions
Appeal by the plaintiff, Joseph Leifer, from a determination and order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 25th day of January, 1917, reversing a judgment of the City Court of the City of New York and dismissing the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The action was to recover damages for an alleged wrongful discharge. This was the second trial of the case. The contract of employment was as follows:
“ New York, August 15, 1913.
“ I, M. S. Scheinman, do hereby agree to employ J. Leifer and J. Leifer agrees to work for the said M. S. Scheinman as designer and fitter at a yearly salary of $1,820, payable $35.00 on Friday of each and every week and said J. Leifer must prove satisfactory in every respect to the said M. S. Scheinman.
“ M. S. SCHEINMAN
“ J. LEIFER.”
The judgment upon the first trial was secured upon the theory that the yearly…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Martin v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Watson v. . GuginoNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- De Carlton v. GlaserAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
- Leifer v. ScheinmanAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1916
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