Legal Opinion

Maune v. Unity Press

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 27, 1914Published

Appeal by the plaintiff, Oswald Maune, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and .entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 5th day of June, 1913, and also from the judgment entered upon said order in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 11th day of June, 1913.

1Opinion of the Court

Stapleton, J.:

The appeal is from an order directing a judgment on the pleadings in favor of the defendant, dismissing the plaintiff’s amended complaint and the judgment entered thereon. The pleadings are an amended complaint and an answer. In the state of the pleadings the sufficiency of the amended complaint is the sole subject of investigation.

The action is to recover damages from an employer for the wrongful discharge of an employee, who asserts he has a contract for a fixed term with specified' compensation. In an action brought to recover for wages due the employee under that contract at…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Gillet v. . Bank of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
  2. Maune v. Unity PressAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
  3. Maune v. Unity PressAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911

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