Torson Construction Co. v. Grant

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Richardson

Affirming.

This appeal requires a review of a trial before a jury of an action involving the breach of a contract of an employer and an employee for the latter’s services at an agreed price for the period of one year.

Claude Grant, a resident of Louisville, Ky., about the 1st of July, 1931, was an electric and acetylene welder with 17 or 18 years of experience, and employed by the Lockjoint Pipe Company, working ten hours a day at 75 cents an hour. His job was to continue for about four months. On July 16, 1931, the Torson Construction Company was engaged…