When an agent has been improperly dismissed before the expiration of his time, earnings which were realized or might have been realized by him up to the end of the term shall go in mitigation of damages.
(Civil Code 1895, § 3017; Civil Code 1910, § 3589; Code 1933, § 4-216.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 3 Am. Jur. 2d, Agency, §§ 31 et seq., 240.
C.J.S.- 3 C.J.S., Agency, § 625.
ALR.
- Right to recover against employee or his bond for money or property, the fruits of an employment involving a violation of law, 2 A.L.R. 906.
Rights and remedies upon cancellation of sales agency, 32 A.L.R. 210; 52 A.L.R. 546; 89 A.L.R. 252.
Duty and liability of former employee to former employer in respect of transactions or matters pending and uncompleted at termination of employment, 100 A.L.R. 684.
Elements and measure of damages in action by schoolteacher for wrongful discharge, 22 A.L.R.3d 1047.
Pre-emption of wrongful discharge cause of action by civil rights laws, 21 A.L.R.5th 1.