Gainey v. Coker's Pedigreed Seed Co.

Baker, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff-respondent has brought an action against his former employer, Coker’s Pedigreed Seed Company, now appellant, for breach of an alleged contract of employment. This appeal comes from an order of the Circuit Court overruling appellant’s demurrer to the complaint. The question for determination is whether an employee’s forbearance to file and prosecute a claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Law is a sufficient consideration for a contract of employment in lieu of anticipated benefits ^rom the provisions of the compensation law.

The complaint alleges that in the…