Lee v. Clute
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, Lincoln County. This action was brought to recover the sum of twenty-seven hundred dollars, the alleged value of the plaintiff’s services as a clerk.
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Appeal from tbe District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, Lincoln County. This action was brought to recover the sum of twenty-seven hundred dollars, the alleged value of the plaintiff’s services as a clerk. Upon the trial the defendants introduced D. B. Shank-land as a witness, who testified that he was in the employ of defendants with the plaintiff; that in the absence of the defendants the business could have been conducted better than it was; that the plaintiff was addicted to drink and was often under the influence of liquor, so much so that he would not know what he was doing;…
1Opinion of the Court
By tbe Court,
Hawley, C. J.:
This is an action to recover tbe value of plaintiff’s services as a clerk in tbe mercantile store of defendants. Plaintiff *152recovered a judgment and defendants moved for a new trial, which was refused. Hence this appeal.
Several assignments of error appear in the statement; only two have been urged, or are relied upon, by appellants.
1. During the progress of the trial defendants’ counsel asked the witness Shankland, “In what manner did the plaintiff conduct the business in the absence of F. "W. Clute?” This question was objected to by plaintiff on the ground that the…
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