Hoole v. Dorroh
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Madison county. HoN. Robert Powell, Judge. Dorroh, a farmer, employed Abe Green to work on the farm during the year 1897. Dorroh and Abe had trouble with each other about Abe’s gobbler getting into Dorroh’s yard, and Abe’s pigs getting into Dorroh’s rye patch; and Abe, vexed by complaints of these matters, notified Dorroh that he would work for him no longer and would leave the place. Dorroh forbade bis going.
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From the circuit court of Madison county. HoN. Robert Powell, Judge. Dorroh, a farmer, employed Abe Green to work on the farm during the year 1897. Dorroh and Abe had trouble with each other about Abe’s gobbler getting into Dorroh’s yard, and Abe’s pigs getting into Dorroh’s rye patch; and Abe, vexed by complaints of these matters, notified Dorroh that he would work for him no longer and would leave the place. Dorroh forbade bis going. Abe quit work and started out to find a new home. In about a week be made an arrangement with appellant for tbe rent of land, and then moved his goods from…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
This action is founded upon § 1068, annotated code 1892. The causes of action stated by the plaintiff below comprise all the grounds of action provided for by said section, but we find *263in the record no evidence of a-ny of said causes of action, except of the one for knowingly employing Abe Green, a tenant of the plaintiff, by the defendant, some time during the unexpired service of said tenant with plaintiff. The plaintiff, Dorroh, obtained judgment against Hoole for $60 damages, and Hoole appealed.
It is insisted by the appellant that the statute is unconstitutional, and should be so declared…
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