Louisiana Rio Grande Canal Co. v. Quinn

This is a suit for damages instituted by defendant in error, which, it was alleged, accrued by reason of the discharge of defendant in error without cause by plaintiff in error. Defendant in error claimed to have been employed by plaintiff in error on or about July 1, 1911, for 12 months at the rate of $100 a month and house rent and fuel valued at $25 a month; that he was discharged without cause in November, 1911, after having worked for 5 months; that the cost of moving his family from Lane City, Tex., to Hidalgo, Tex., amounted to $125 and his services for the remaining 7 months were, by.…