Standard Fruit and Steamship Company v. Jefferson D. Hampton

CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

We have concluded that the Court below, sitting without a jury, committed reversible error in refusing to defer its decision and judgment to enable appellant to take the deposition of a material witness. The facts will be stated, therefore, only insofar as they reflect upon that phase of the case.

Hampton filed suit against Standard Fruit and Steamship Company 1 for $9,-333.34 together with interest and attorneys’ fees for balance due on a contract of employment alleged to be for a period of one year beginning October 15, 1952. It was claimed that the employment was for…