# Harrington v. Fall River Iron Works Co.

> Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · October 28, 1875 · 119 Mass. 82

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6418286

## Case

- **Full name:** John Harrington v. Fall River Iron Works Company
- **Court:** Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- **Decided:** October 28, 1875
- **Citations:** 119 Mass. 82; 1875 Mass. LEXIS 68
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Gray
- **Judges:** Gray
- **Cited by:** 6 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Gray, C. J.
If, as the jury have found under the instructions of the court, the plaintiff was kept from his work by sickness, and gave reasonable notice thereof to the defendant, and was absent only so long as he was so disabled, his absence was not wilful or intentional, and did not forfeit his right to his wages, either under the contract of the parties, or by the general rules of law. Naylor v. Fall River Iron Works, 118 Mass. 317 . Noon v. Salisbury Mills, 3 Allen, 340 . Fuller v. Brown, 11 Met. 440 . Caden v. Farwell, 98 Mass. 137 . Exceptions overruled.

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