Gibney v. National Jewelers' Board of Trade
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, First District. Action by Eugene Gibney against the National Jewelers’ Board of Trade. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGuy, J.
This action was brought for the breach of an alleged contract to hire the plaintiff as a correspondent in defendant’s bankruptcy department from month to month at a salary of $90 a month. The plaintiff claimed to have been hired about October 15, 1912, and he *322was discharged on April 4, 1913. The answer denied the material allegations of the complaint.
[1] Accepting plaintiff’s view of the causes of his illness, the weight of evidence is that he was an unsatisfactory employé, because of his unexplained absence following pay day, whom defendant was justified in discharging. Jerome v. Queen City…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Martin v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Watson v. . GuginoNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Jerome v. . Queen City Cycle Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Aldrich v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
- McGarrigle v. McCoskerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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- Hughes v. Taubel-Scott-Kitzmiller Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1927