Lancaster v. Arkansas Lime Co.

Appellant, who was the plaintiff below, sued to recover balance of salary alleged to be due him upon a breach of his contract of employment.

After the selection of the jury the court made the following statement: “Gentlemen of the jury, this is an action for damages on an allegation of breach of contract for labor. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant employed him to operate a ferry, and contracted and agreed to pay him seventy dollars a'month from the first of August to the end of the year, and that on the 13th day of September, 1920, the defendant discharged him. These allegations the…