Ashland Land & Live-Stock Co. v. May

' Alfred May, plaintiff below, brought this action to recover an alleged balance claimed to be due him from the defendant for work and labor. The petition avers, substantially, that plaintiff, in 1891, entered into a contract with the defendant, by the terms of which May was to act as defendant’s manager and veterinary, at the agreed price of $50 per month; that in pursuance of said contract he was in defendant’s employ in the years 1891 and 1892, and that defendant is indebted to him therefor, over and above all credits, in the sum of $424.20, for which, with interest, he prays a judgment.…