Brightson v. H. B. Claflin Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The EL B. Olaflin Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the. plaintiff, entered in the bffice of the clerk of the county of Nassau on the 2d day of October, 1902, Upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 2d day of October, 1902, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made' upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff, who had been in the employ of the defendant and its predecessor for a period of fifteen years or more, brought this action to recover $50,000 for the breach of an alleged contract of employment for a term of five years from the 1st day of January, 1898, he having been discharged on the 21st day of August, 1900, without, as the plaintiff claims, and the jury has found, any just cause or provocation. The defendant denied the existence of the contract as alleged in the complaint, and justified the discharge of the plaintiff upon the grounds that his employment at the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dean v. WoodwardNew York Supreme Court · 1889
3Cited by1 opinion
- Craig v. Hickok Music Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929