Branch v. Alexander

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff, Wilburn Branch, instituted this suit to recover from the defendant, Hiram M. Alexander, salary allegedly due him for the months of April through December, 1953, at $180 per month as well as damage due to loss of certain fringe benefits,1 all totaling $2,360, under the terms of a verbal contract of employment as overseer and manager of defendant’s plantation, known as “Bowie” and located in East Carroll Parish, for the 1953 crop season — the said employment having begun about November 1, 1952, and having terminated because of the sale of the plantation to…