Martin v. Bryan

The plea of prescription must be sustained.-

The action is brought to recover $8,100, the balance of wages (after allowing a credit of $300) alleged to be due the plaintiff for services as a pilot on Red River,' on the steamboat Bello Gates, for the season of 1855 ; that is, from January until about the first of September of that year. Petitioner further alleges, that he was discharged' before the expiration of the season, without cause. The plaintiff’s cause of action, accrued when he was discharged. 1 Rob. 321. As he went into the employment of the owner of- the steamboat Magnolia Branner,…