Legal Opinion

Kanter v. Rubin

City of New York Municipal Court

Decided March 10, 1892PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from special term. Action by Joseph Kanter against David Rubin. From an order denying a motion for a new trial defendant appeals;

1Opinion of the CourtVan Wyck, J.

This action was to recover damages for the breach of a contract of employment for the term of one year from June 10, 1889, on the ground of the unjustifiable discharge of plaintiff on the 2d of November following. The defenses were that plaintiff voluntarily left the employment, and an effort to prove plaintiff’s subsequent earnings in diminution of his damages, and as to both of which the jury found against defendant, except as to $5.50, which plaintiff admitted he had- earned for driving an express wagon for three days. On the trial plaintiff testified tjiat he had not been employed but for…

2Cited by1 opinion

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