Croom v. . Lumber Co.

The plaintiff alleges that in December, 1917, he was employed by the defendant to do certain work during the year 1918, for which he was to receive $16 a week, fuel and house rent free, together with an increase in wages to be fixed in the following April; that he entered upon and continued in the defendant's service until May, 1918, when he was wrongfully discharged, and that he has suffered damages in the sum of $500. Denying the material (218) allegations of the complaint, the defendant alleges that the plaintiff was employed by the day; that for stated periods he rendered no service;…