Prichard v. Martin
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the circuit court of Yazoo county; Plon. Robert C. Perry, judge. Theophilus Prichard employed Richard Martin as an overseer for one year,' agreeing to pay him $400, to furnish his family with such provisions as were made on the place, and with thirty pounds Of coffee and fifty pounds of sugar.
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In error from the circuit court of Yazoo county; Plon. Robert C. Perry, judge. Theophilus Prichard employed Richard Martin as an overseer for one year,' agreeing to pay him $400, to furnish his family with such provisions as were made on the place, and with thirty pounds Of coffee and fifty pounds of sugar. Before the end of the year, Prichard discharged Martin, offering to pay him for the time he had been in his employment, which Martin refused to receive, claiming compensation for the whole year. Prichard assigned as a reason for discharging Martin, that he abused his negroes, and treated…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Handy
This was an action brought by the defendant in error, an overseer, against the plaintiff in error, his employer, to recover the sum of $400, and the value of certain provisions and family supplies which the defendant had agreed to give the plaintiff for his services as overseer on his plantation for the year 1851, which contract the plaintiff alleges he entered upon the performance of, and would have performed, but he was unjustifiably, and without reasonable cause, discharged and turned off by the defendant in February, 1851.
The defence was, that the plaintiff abused the defendant’s property…
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