Case Name: LONDON v. DOKTOR
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1909-05-27
Citations: 117 N.Y.S. 115
Docket Number: 
Parties: LONDON v. DOKTOR.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 117
Pages: 115–116

Head Matter:
LONDON v. DOKTOR.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
May 27, 1909.)
Master and Servant (§ 80 )—Action for Wages—Evidence.
A judgment for plaintiff is not sustained by her uncorroborated and improbable testimony that she was employed for a certain time, as against the testimony of defendant, his wife, and his superintendent that, she was employed by, the week on condition of her services proving satisfactory, and that her discharge was because of her failure to perform her duties.
[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Master and Servant, Dec. Dig. § 80. ]
Seabury, J. dissenting.
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Eighth District.
Action by Belle London against Benjamin Doktor. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Reversed.
Argued before DAYTON, SEABURY, and LEHMAN, JJ.
Herman J. Rubenstein, for appellant.
Maurice Meyer, for respondent.
For other cases see same topic & § number in Dec. & Am. Digs. 1907 to date, & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
DAYTON, J.
Plaintiff sued for breach of contract of hiring until March 1, 1909, having been discharged January 19, 1909. Hers was the only testimony offered in her behalf. The defendant, his wife,, and superintendent all testified that her employment was by the week,, and conditioned upon her services proving satisfactory, and that her discharge was caused by her failure to meet the requirements of her duties. There were no circumstances tending to corroborate plaintiff's inherently improbable testimony, but she had judgment for the full amount claimed. As there was a failure to establish her cause o£ action by a preponderance of evidence, there must be a new trial.
Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event.
LEHMAN, J., concurs.