Monticello Cotton Mills, Inc. v. Powell

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

John Powell sued Monticello Cotton Mills (hereinafter called Monticello) for damages and also for specific performance of a contract of employment. From the decree allowing damages, Monticello has appealed; and from the decree refusing specific performance, Powell has appealed.

FACTS ■

Monticello (defendant below and appellant here) is a corporation, and, in the operation of its cotton mill, it employs a large number of people. John Powell (plaintiff below and appellee here) was an employee of Monticello, being a doffer, as that term is known in cotton mill parlance. In…