Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 1915

Halpern v. Horwitz

Halpern v. Horwitz
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 28, 1915 · Bijur
156 N.Y.S. 380 (New York Supplement)

Counsel

Jacob Manheim, of New York City, for appellant., Spiro & Wasservogel, of New York City (Lewis A. Abrams, of New York City, of counsel), for respondents.

Halpern v. Horwitz

Opinion of the Court

BIJUR, J.

Plaintiff sued for damages for his unlawful discharge in May, 1913, under a contract of employment with defendants terminating in December.

*381[1] The learned judge below excluded from the consideration of the jury any damages accruing after July 17th on the ground that on that date defendants had offered plaintiff re-employment. It was, however, at best a question for the jury whether, under the circumstances, plaintiff was bound to accept such re-employment. See Heiferman v. Greenhut Co., 83 Misc. Rep. 435, 145 N. Y. Supp. 142.

[2] Further error was committed in refusing to charge that the burden of proving plaintiff’s opportunity to earn money after the discharge lay upon the defendants. Howard v. Daly, 61 N. Y. 362, 377, 19 Am. Rep. 285.

Judgment reversed, and new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event. All concur.

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