Elbert v. Los Angeles Gas Co.

Citations

• 97 Cal. 244
• 32 P. 9
• 1893 Cal. LEXIS 519

Syllabus

<p>Contract of Employment—Action for Breach — Evidence—Effort to Obtain Different Employment. — In an action for damages for the breach, by the defendant, of a contract, by which the defendant agreed to employ the plaintiff for a term of two years, where it appears that the defendant, shortly after the expiration of the first year, without cause, discharged the plaintiff, and refused to accept further services, or to pay for the same, it is not error for the trial court to sustain an objection to a question asked of the defendant as to whether he had tried to get employment in a kind of business different from that for which he was employed by the defendant.</p> <p>Statute of Frauds — Written Contract—Letters and Telegrams.— A complete contract, binding under the statute of frauds, is constituted by letters and telegrams between the parties, if they show clearly what the contract is, and are so connected with each other that they may fairly be said to constitute one paper relating to the contract.</p>