Gabriel v. Opoznauer
City of New York Municipal Court
Motion by the defendants to set aside a verdict for the plaintiff in -an action for damages for breach of a contract of employment.
1Opinion of the CourtRansom, J.
The verdict is entitled to stand, despite the defendants’ motion to set it aside on the two-fold grounds: (1) That the agreement concededly entered into between the parties on October 10,1912, was void for lack of mutuality of undertaking; and (2) that the *612court erred in permitting the jury to pass on the question whether the agreement of that date was for a period of one year, instead of holding, as a matter of law, that the hiring was terminable, at the defendants’ option, at the end of any week.
The facts of the case place it literally on the borderline of decision, in a domain which has…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Moran v. . Standard Oil Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Grossman v. . SchenkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Marshall v. Sackett & Wilhelms Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- Hotchkiss v. GodkinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- Dixey v. Al. H. Woods Productions Co.New York Supreme Court · 1914
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re the Judicial Settlement of Proceedings of TamargoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915