McGehee v. Cunningham

■Smith, J.

Appellee, plaintiff below, alleged as his cause of action against appellants, the breach of a written contract of employment, whereby he had been damaged in the sum of $1,200. The contract upon which suit was brought was preceded by a correspondence, which involved the exchange of a number of letters, and, while these letters cannot be considered for the purpose of altering or varying the terms of the written contract, they may be considered as showing the relative situations of the parties, and thus enable us to determine the meaning of the language employed by them in their…