New Orleans Ry. & Light Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; T. C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by the New Orleans Railway & Light Company against the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Each motorman and conductor of the plaintiff company, on entering its service, provides himself with a uniform, and deposits $25 as security for any indebtedness that may accrue against him. The company pays for the uniform, and charges up the amount to the employé in a book known as the Uniform Ledger. Each pay day a certain amount is deducted from the pay check of the employé, and credited to him in this ledger, until the cost of the uniform is reimbursed to the company. For the final settlement with the employé, on his leaving the service, the bookkeeper having this ledger in charge…
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