Case Name: Frederick W. Graves, Appellant, v. Kaltenbach & Stephens, Inc., Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1923-12-27
Citations: 237 N.Y. 546
Docket Number: 
Parties: Frederick W. Graves, Appellant, v. Kaltenbach & Stephens, Inc., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 237
Pages: 546–547

Head Matter:
Frederick W. Graves, Appellant, v. Kaltenbach & Stephens, Inc., Respondent.
Contract — master and servant — action for wrongful discharge — counterclaim for money misappropriated — hiring at will.
Graves v. Kaltenbach & Stephens, Inc., 205 App. Div. 110, affirmed.
(Argued November 26, 1923;
decided December 27, 1923.)
Appeal from a judgment, entered May 9, 1923, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and directing judgment in favor of defendant upon its counterclaim. The action was to recover for an alleged wrongful discharge. The amended answer in addition to a general denial stated a counterclaim of $161.78 for moneys alleged to have been received by the plaintiff from the defendant in a fiduciary capacity, namely, for payment to other employees of defendant, but which moneys the plaintiff instead retained and appropriated.
Joseph A. Fagnant for appellant.
Chandler Bennitt for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs, on the ground that the contract of hiring was one at will; no opinion.
Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Hogan, Cardozo, Pound, Crane and Andrews, JJ.; McLaughlin, J., votes to affirm also on ground that discharge was proper.