BRIGHT V. GANAS
171 Md. 493 (1937)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a dispute over a testamentary contract.
FACTS: Ganas (P) came to the U.S. at the age of 13. He worked in various places until he
accepted employment with Col. James G. Darden. The Col. engaged P as his servant in 1929 and
that employment continued until the Col.'s death in 1933. At the Col.'s death there was to
be a payment of $20,000 to P. Just prior to his death, Mrs. Darden discovered a letter on
her bed from P that would serve no worthy purpose to quote. The letter showed that P had
designs on the Col.' wife and wanted to tell the Col. of the contents but the physician
advised against telling her husband. After the funeral Mrs. Darden showed the letter to the
executor of the estate, Mr. Bright (D). D told P to leave. D then refused to pay the $20,000
in that P had breached the implied conditions of his employment. The jury awarded P $8,990
and D appealed.
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