Pittman v. Chrisman
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Coahoma County. Hon. B. F. Trimble, Judge. Under the decisions in Grayson v. Williams, Walker, 298, and Scofield v. Pensons, 26 Miss. 402, the case should be dismissed.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Coahoma County. Hon. B. F. Trimble, Judge. Under the decisions in Grayson v. Williams, Walker, 298, and Scofield v. Pensons, 26 Miss. 402, the case should be dismissed. These suits, based on an indivisible cause of action, present a point not decided in the case of Ash v. Lee, 51 Miss. 101. Distinctions in the nature, period, and price of the services mark separate causes of action on which these suits were instituted at different times, and bring the question here within the decision of Ash v. Lee, 51 Miss. 1Ó1.
1Opinion of the CourtChalmers, C. J.
Mr. Chrisman contracted to superintend Mrs. Pittman’s plantation without any agreement as to the term of employment, or rate of compensation, or time of payment. He served for twenty continuous months, — that is to say from Dec. 1, 1878, to Áug. 1, 1880, at which last date he voluntarily abandoned the position. He brought suit in the Circuit Court for the amount due for the period closing on Jan. 1, 1880, being thirteen mouths at twenty-five dollars per month, aggregating, after deducting certain credits which he acknowledged, two hundred and five dollars; and at or about the same time…
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- Ash & Frank v. Lee & Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1875
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