Mouton v. Oerlein

The plaintiff alleges that he was engaged by the defendant as a clerk, from the first day of November, 1878, to the first day of August, 1879; that his services were well worth the *96sum of fifty dollars per month; that he has received $120 on account and claims the balance, $330.

The answer denies generally all liability, alleging that plaintiff was taken into defendant’s office at his (plaintiff’s) father’s request, under an agreement that defendant should pay him what defendant thought plaintiff’s services were worth; that plaintiff’s services were not worth ten dollars per month; that the…