Jacobson v. Strong & Waggoner

there so we could get hol-di of him when anything occurred. Of course there was nothing in his contract that stated that he had to sleep there. We wanted him available when we wanted to get hold of him.

“It was optional wherever he wanted to sleep. O'f course we wanted him there but of course we couldn’t necessarily hold him. He could have slept at one of the farm houses there. It was customary, you know, for the help to stay there. It was really optional with him. He could have slept at some of the neighbors. It was also optional with Groves. Naturally Giroves would not go to some place else…