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

Samuel Hecht, Appellee, v. Harry J. Goldberg and Jacob Stein, trading as Goldberg & Stein, Appellants.
    Gen. No. 22,763.
    (Not to be reported in full.)
    Abstract of the Decision.
    1. Municipal Court op Chicago, § 13
      
      —character of pleadings in fourth-class cases. Precision and exactness of statement in pleadings are not required in fourth-class cases under the Municipal Court Act.
    2. Master and servant, § 50*—when evidence sufficient to show wrongful discharge. In an action to recover for services under a contract of employment, evidence held sufficient to warrant a finding that defendants employed plaintiff agreeing to pay him a certain salary per week and to keep him until after a certain date; that they discharged him prior to .that date, and that he was unemployed for five or- six weeks after his discharge and prior to said date.
    Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Arnold Heap, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.
    Affirmed.
    Opinion filed March 26, 1917.
    Statement of the Case.
    Action by Samuel Hecht, plaintiff, against Harry J. Goldberg and Jacob Stein, trading as Goldberg & Stein, defendants, to recover wages under a contract of employment. From a judgment for plaintiff for $105, defendants appeal.
    Walter F. Butler, for appellants; M. J. Sullivan, of counsel.
    Sattiel & Rossen, for appellee; Axel F. Lidman, of counsel.
    
      
      See Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number.
    
   Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.