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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

FREEMAN v. GOLDSTEIN.
    (Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
    June 1, 1906.)
    Master and Servant—Wrongful Discharge—Prima Facie Case.
    Where, in an action for a servant’s wrongful discharge, plaintiff’s uncontradicted testimony showed an express contract of employment for a period between September, 1905, and the following Christmas at $15 per week, and that plaintiff was wrongfully discharged on October 16, 1905, after which he succeeded in getting employment elsewhere and thus reduced his damages, it established a prima facie case in plaintiff’s favor.
    [Ed. Note.—For cases in point, see vol. 34, Cent. Dig. Master and Servant, §§ 41, 42, 49.]
    Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Fifth District.
    Action by Jacob Freeman against Abraham Goldstein. From a Municipal Court judgment in favor of defendant, plaintiff appeals.
    Reversed.
    Argued before GILDERSLEEVE, DAVIS, and CLINCH, JJ.
    M. London, for appellant.
    L. Goldberg, for respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff’s uncontradicted testimony showed an express contract of employment for the period between September, 1905, and the following Christmas at $15 a week, and that he was wrongfully discharged on October 16, 1905. He also gave testimony showing that he succeeded in getting employment elsewhere and thus reducing his damages. At the close of the plaintiff’s case the defendant moved to dismiss the complaint, and this motion was granted. The plaintiff made a case for the jury, and it was error to dismiss the complaint.

The judgment should be reversed, and a new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event.