Hart v. Granville, Whittlesey & Co.

Jackson, Judge.

Hart- was employed by the defendants as a drummer; They fell out, and Hart was discharged after two or three months’ service; whereupon he sued the defendants by attachment, serving the writ by garnisheeing parties to whom the defendants, a New York house, had sold goods, alleging a contract of hire for one year at $150 00 per month. The defendants set up a written contract by which they were to pay a per cent, upon sales, and the fact that Hart was not employed except at will, and that he got drunk and neglected business. The jury found some $1,500 00 for plaintiff. Defendants…