Hand v. Clearfield Coal Co.

Citations

• 143 Pa. 408
• 22 A. 709
• 1891 Pa. LEXIS 932

Syllabus

<p>1. It is as much within the power of a corporation, as it is within that of an individual, to bind itself by a contract for personal services for a fixed period of time, with liability for the discharge of the employee without sufficient cause before the period of employment has expired.</p> <p>2. Testimony of a co-employee, alone, stating in general terms that the plaintiff was inattentive to business, made some mistakes, and in his intercourse with other employees his manners were unpleasant, giving no details respecting the matters complained of, is insufficient to show justification for a discharge.</p>