Tickler v. Andrae Manufacturing Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Waupaca ■county: Chas. M. Webb, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff was hired by the defendant to work for a year for the agreed wages of $900 a year and $10 for his expenses of removing from Milwaukee to New London. Four months before the end of the year, plaintiff left the employment of the defendant; whether voluntarily or because the defendant discharged him was the main point in dispute.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Waupaca ■county: Chas. M. Webb, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff was hired by the defendant to work for a year for the agreed wages of $900 a year and $10 for his expenses of removing from Milwaukee to New London. Four months before the end of the year, plaintiff left the employment of the defendant; whether voluntarily or because the defendant discharged him was the main point in dispute. At the time when he left, the defendant paid him the wages in proportion to the time that he had worked, deducting something for lost time. He returned to…
1Opinion of the CourtNewman, J.
The jury found for the plaintiff. This determines in his favor the principal issue in the case. It establishes in his favor that he did not abandon the performance •of his contract of his own accord, and against the defendant’s will; but rather that he was discharged by the defendant, against his will, and for, insufficient cause. This, logically, eliminates from the case the defendant’s first two ■counterclaims; for in this aspect of the case it is in no way the plaintiff’s fault if the defendant was compelled to pay the party whom it hired to complete the plaintiff’s contract .more wages…
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