Thomas v. Thomas
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Stevens county, Carey, J., entered December 1, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action on contract.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
Appellants are a son and a brother-in-law of respondent. In 1910, they became owners in common of a 240-acre ranch, with about ten acres cleared, near Chewelah, Washington. Soon after-wards they employed respondent to work on the farm, but neither the time nor the amount of wage was specified at the time, further than that the same “should be satisfactory to him.” During respondent’s seven years, four and a half months’ employment, excepting about five weeks of sickness, he arose at 5 a. m., did the cooking, baking and washing, assisted for about one year in constructing one and one-half…
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