Hellwig v. West

On the first hearing of this case, the following opinion of the court was pronounced by

Rost, J.

The plaintiff, a skilful and diligent gardener, was employed in that capacity by Mr. West, with the assent and approval of his wife, at the rate of $25 per month, and took charge of a garden attached to the suburban residence of his employer. West was at the time engaged in business in New Orleans, and his wife had the exclusive management of the place, and of all persons employed on it. She furnished the supplies, received the profits, which amounted to five or six dollars per day, and represented…