McEntyre v. Levi Cotton Mills
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Action by H. A. McEntyre against the Levi Cotton Mills Company, heard by Judge B. B. Jones, and a jury, at March Term, 1903, of the. Superior Court of Rutherford County. From a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
The plaintiff brought this action in the court of a justice of the peace to recover of the defendant $8.35 for work and labor done in the defendant’s cotton mill. Judgment was rendered against the defendant for the amount claimed by the plaintiff. The defendant’s defense was that by -a rule of the company the usual and customary pay day of the defendant for work in the factory was on the 14th of April, and as the action was commenced before the pay day, i. e., before the amount was due, the plaintiff could not recover. On the appeal of the defendant, the jury answered the issue, “Is the…
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