Armfield v. Nash
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the Circuit Court of Leake county. Hon. E. Gr. Henry, judge. On tbe 28th day of July, A. D. 1853, the plaintiff in error sued the defendants in error, in the Circuit Court of Leake county, for the last instalment of $600, which he alleged to be due to him from the defendants upon the following agreement:— “ H. Gr.
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In error from the Circuit Court of Leake county. Hon. E. Gr. Henry, judge. On tbe 28th day of July, A. D. 1853, the plaintiff in error sued the defendants in error, in the Circuit Court of Leake county, for the last instalment of $600, which he alleged to be due to him from the defendants upon the following agreement:— “ H. Gr. Armfield, assisted by his lady, agrees, to teach a school in Mount Pleasant Academy for one scholastic year; to teach the English, and ornamental branches, together with the Latin, Greek, and French languages, and to commence about the first Monday in January next.…
1Opinion of the CourtFisher, J.
The plaintiff in error was employed by the defendants to teach a school at a certain academy for one scholastic year, which is averred to be ten months, at the sum of twelve hundred dollar's— one half payable at the end of five months, and the other half payable at the end of ten months. At the end of three months, he avers that he was dismissed by the defendants, who refused to permit him to proceed further in the performance of his contract. It *365appears from the pleadings of both parties, that the plaintiff brought his suit for the first instalment, and recovered a judgment for the same,…
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