{
  "id": 2861389,
  "name": "James V. Walsh, Defendant in Error, v. New England Casualty Company, Plaintiff in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "Walsh v. New England Casualty Co.",
  "decision_date": "1916-04-12",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 21,035",
  "first_page": "511",
  "last_page": "512",
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      "cite": "198 Ill. App. 511"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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  "last_updated": "2023-07-14T18:11:33.440984+00:00",
  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
    "batch": "2018"
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "James V. Walsh, Defendant in Error, v. New England Casualty Company, Plaintiff in Error."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice Pam\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\n4. Master and servant, \u00a7 34 \u2014when evidence insufficient to sustain verdict. In an action to' recover salary, where there was no contract for hiring by the month and where the evidence showed that plaintiff was discharged for good cause, a finding for plaintiff for the amount of a month\u2019s wages after discharge less what plaintiff earned in that time held erroneous.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Presiding Justice Pam"
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Ryan & Condon, for plaintiff in error; Irwin I. Livingston, of counsel.",
      "No appearance for defendant in error."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "James V. Walsh, Defendant in Error, v. New England Casualty Company, Plaintiff in Error.\nGen. No. 21,035.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Master and servant, \u00a7 84 \u2014when evidence insufficient to prove contract of employment from month to month. In an action to recover salary based on the theory that the hiring was from month to month, entitling plaintiff to a month\u2019s notice of intention to discharge, evidence examined and held not sufficient to prove a contract of employment from month to month.\n2. Master and servant, \u00a7 84*\u2014when evidence insufficient to show that servant was not discharged for good cause. In an action to recover salary, evidence examined and held insufficient to show that plaintiff was not discharged for good cause.\n3. Master and servant, \u00a7 84*\u2014when evidence sufficient to show discharge of servant on specified date. In an action for salary, where the evidence was conflicting as to whether plaintiff was discharged on July 31st or August 1, 1914, evidence examined and held to show that the discharge took place on July 31st.\nError to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Hugh R. Stewart, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1915.\nReversed with finding of facts.\nOpinion filed April 12, 1916.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by James V. Walsh, plaintiff, against the New England Casualty Company, a corporation, defendant, in the Municipal Court of Chicago, to recover salary. To reverse a judgment for plaintiff for fifty-four dollars, defendant prosecutes this writ of error.\nRyan & Condon, for plaintiff in error; Irwin I. Livingston, of counsel.\nNo appearance for defendant in error.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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