Legal Opinion
1425 F Street Corp. v. Jardin
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 16, 1947No. 493PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
This case began as a $40 wage claim, but soon grew ' into a $3,000 libel and slander case.
It happened this way: Rene R. Jardín had been employed as a bartender at a restaurant operated by appellant, 1425 F Street Corporation. Early in January 1946 he left its employ and soon thereafter filed a claim for $40 for unpaid wages in the Small Claims Branch ,of the Municipal Court. Defendant corporation filed an answer and plea of set-off, charging that plaintiff owed it $2,000 for monies which he, as bartender, “working in conjunction *279with other waiters” had taken and converted…
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- Yeager v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1943
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