Legal Opinion
Hattaway & Rambo v. Sanderlin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 12, 1916PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Action for breach of contract. Before Judge Worrill. Clay superior court. January 13, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. In an action by a discharged employee to recover for breach of a contract of service, where the terms of the contract are in issue, and where it appears that the plaintiff had been in the employment of the defendants for the previous year, testimony as to collateral matters that prior to that time he had had no experience in that particular line of employment is inadmissible for the purpose of illustrating the reasonableness of the defendants’ contention as to the terms of the contract. Cogan v. Hughes, 145 Ga. 5 (88 S. E. 418).
2. If an overseer, either negligently or for want of capacity,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Crescent Horse-Shoe & Iron Co. v. EynonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
- Newman v. ReaganSupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
- Cogan Co. v. HughesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
3Cited by3 opinions
- Minchew v. Juniata CollegeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Moseman v. ComerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1925
- Hawkins v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1919