Armstrong v. Bishop

The appellant recovered a • judgment against the appellee for damages alleged to have been sustained by him because of the employment hv the appellee, without his consent, of a laborer who was under contract with him for a specified time.

On motion of the appellee this judgment was set aside by the court below, and a judgment in favor of the ap pellee was rendered, dismissing the suit, on the theory that the court erred in not granting the appellee’s request for a directed verdict.

Chapter 160, Laws of 1924 (Hemingway’s 1927 Code, section 917), provides that:

“If any person shall willfully…