Johns v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Osceola District; B. H. Dudley, Judge; STATEMENT OE EAOTS. H. C. Patterson brought an action against F. Johns to recover damages for enticing and inducing Nathaniel Meyers to leave his employment. According to the testimony of H. C. Patterson himself, he made a contract with Nathaniel Meyers to work a crop for him on the shares during the year 1918. Meyers worked with him until some time in May.
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Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Osceola District; B. H. Dudley, Judge; STATEMENT OE EAOTS. H. C. Patterson brought an action against F. Johns to recover damages for enticing and inducing Nathaniel Meyers to leave his employment. According to the testimony of H. C. Patterson himself, he made a contract with Nathaniel Meyers to work a crop for him on the shares during the year 1918. Meyers worked with him until some time in May. He then left Patterson’s farm and went to work for the defendant Johns. At the time Meyers left Patterson, he owed the latter $51. Patterson went to see Johns…
1Opinion of the Court
HART, J.,
(after stating the facts). The statute under which this action was brought reads as follows:
“If any person shall interefere with, entice away, knowingly employ, or induce a laborer or renter who has contracted with another person for a specified time to leave his employer or the leased premises before the expiration of his contract without the consent of the employer or landlord, he shall upon conviction before any justice of the peace or circuit court, be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, and in addition shall be liable to such employer or landlord…
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