Stern v. Bellas, Hess & Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Samuel Stem, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 20th day of October, 1914, denying his motion for a bill of particulars of certain allegations pleaded in a separate defense contained in the answer.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This action is brought to recover damages for an alleged wrongful discharge of the plaintiff from the employ of the defendant. The defendant put in issue all of the allegations of the complaint, with the exception of those showing that it is a corporation and that it entered into a contract for the employment of the plaintiff as alleged; and for a separate defense alleged, among other things, in justification fpr the discharge, that the plaintiff violated his contract and his duty to the defendant, in that, while acting as purchasing agent of merchandise for it, he on divers…
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- Spitz v. HeinzeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Sundheimer v. James S. Barron & Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1909
- American Woolen Co. v. AltkrugAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
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