Doerr v. Brune
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Assumpsit. In the Circuit Court of Montgomery County; on appeal from a justice of the peace; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding. Trial by jury; verdict and judgment for plaintiffs; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the November term, 1894. Reversed
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Wall
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This was a suit commenced before a justice of the peace, and was removed by appeal to the Circuit Court where the plaintiff recovered a judgment for $45; from which the defendant has appealed to this court. The cause of action was the wages'of the plaintiff’s minor son, and the question in dispute was whether the employment was for a term of three or four months, the defendant asserting the latter and the plaintiff the former, there being no dispute that the son had ceased to work at the end of three months without con. sent of…
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