New York Court of Common Pleas December 15, 1878 (Toles v. Hazen)

lead-opinion

Daly, C. J.

This judgment will have to be reversed. If the plaintiff, as he testified, was employed for a year and was improperly discharged before the end of the year, his remedy is an action to recover damages for the breach of the contract; and if, after reasonable exertion on his part, he has been unable to obtain employment, then the measure of his damage is the stipulated