Wilke v. Harrison Bros.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Wilke v. Harrison Bros., 166 Pa. 202 (Pa. 1895)
30 A. 1125; 1895 Pa. LEXIS 1176
Dean, Fell, Green, McCollum, Mitchell, Sterrett, Williams
Wilke v. Harrison Bros.
Opinion of the Court
In view of the testimony before the jury there was no error in refusing to affirm either of defendants’ points recited in the first and second specifications respectively. The case appears to have been carefully tried and submitted to the jury with instructions which, with the exception of said points, were satisfactory to both parties. We find nothing in the record that would justify us in sustaining either of the specifications. Judgment affirmed.
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- Master and servant—Dismissal of servant—Damages. In an action by a servant against a master for'wrongful discharge, the limit of recovery is not confined merely to tlie amount due at the time the writ was issued, but full -damages may bo recovered by the plaintiff for breach of the contract, and the question of the amount of the damages, under all the circumstances of the case, is for the jury. Where a master dismisses a servant, alleging as ground for dismissal the use of abusive, profane and disrespectful language to himself, and the servant denies that he used such language, the question of the right of the master to dismiss the servant is for the jury.