Herlong v. Southern States Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Copes, J., Barnwell, March term, 1912. Action by H. W. Herlong against Southern States Lumber Company. Defendant appeals. cites: When á contract is partly verbal and partly written, the verbal part may be shown by parol: 61 S. C. 169; 66 S. C. 61; 81 S. C. 547. Evidence of plaintiff strictly in reply: 79 S. C. 124; 43 S. C. 99.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fraser.
This was an action by the plaintiff-respondent to recover six months’ salary alleged to1 be due by the defendant-appellant.
The plaintiff alleged that he had a contract with defendant to manage its mill and wood operations near Dunbarton, in this State, at an agreed salary of three thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly, in installments of two hundred and fifty dollars. The contract was made on the 4th day of May, 1910, and on the 10th day of November, 1910, the defendant discharged the plaintiff. The answer contained a general…
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