Adams v. Gerig

An examination of the record shows justification for the following statement of facts made by respondent: “Plaintiff and his wife were hired by the defendant to work upon the latter’s farm in Lassen County, the plaintiff to do general farm work, and his wife to do housework. They commenced work under this employment April 8, 1909, and continued, with some intervals of lost time, until September 21, 1911. The agreed wages for Mrs. Adams were fifteen dollars per month, or fifty cents per day, at all times except during haying and harvesting, when she was to have thirty dollars per month, or one…