Watters v. Plumbers' Trade Journal Publishing Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the City Court of the city of. New York, in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the verdict of a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtBijur, J.
Plaintiff sued defendant for unlawful discharge under an alleged agreement of employment running from year to year. Plaintiff acted as advertising solicitor for the defendant in certain territory pursuant to an agreement contained in defendant’s letter of December 4, 1901, at a salary of fifteen dollars per week and twenty-five per cent, commission, the letter specifying that the agreement was to run for a year subject to abrogation on sixty days’ notice. Matters ran on from year to year in this way until December 24, 1906, when defendant wrote to plaintiff: “ Your salary will be increased to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mayer v. . McCreeryNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Riley v. . Mayor, Etc., of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Bennett v. MahlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- Schott v. La Compagnie Generale Trans-AtlantiqueNew York Supreme Court · 1906
- Romaine v. Beacon Lithographic Co.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1895
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- National Cash Register Co. v. Remington Arms Co.New York Supreme Court · 1924