Chambless v. Melton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Spence. Terrell superior court. August 21, 1905. Melton brought suit against Chambless and Bolton to recover damages for an alleged violation of the provisions of the act approved December 17, 1901 (Acts 1901, p. 63). The petition alleged, in substance, that the plaintiff entered into a written contract, executed before an officer authorized to administer oaths, with one Riley Simmons, under the terms of which Simmons agreed to work for the…
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Action for damages. Before Judge Spence. Terrell superior court. August 21, 1905. Melton brought suit against Chambless and Bolton to recover damages for an alleged violation of the provisions of the act approved December 17, 1901 (Acts 1901, p. 63). The petition alleged, in substance, that the plaintiff entered into a written contract, executed before an officer authorized to administer oaths, with one Riley Simmons, under the terms of which Simmons agreed to work for the plaintiff as a farmhand during six months of the year 1904, fox which work the plaintiff was to pay $9 per month; that…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
(After stating the facts.)
1, 2. The charge of the court excepted to in the second ground of the amended motion was an application of the plain terms of the *416act of the legislature approved December 17, 1901 (Acts 1901, p.. G3), to the facts of this case. In the first section of that act it is provided that “when the relation of employer and employee, or of landlord and tenant of agricultural lands, or of landowner and. cropper, has been created by written contract duly executed before an officer authorized to administer oaths, it shall be unlawful for any person during the life of said…
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- Mallory v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1876
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