Darden v. Nolan

The of the court was pronounced by

King, J.

The plaintiff claims in this action his wages, as an overseer, on the plantation of the defendant, for the months of November and December, 1846. He also claims twelve hundred dollars on a written agreement, by which the defendant stipulated to employ him as an overseer for the year 1847, averring that he was discharged by the defendant, on the 1st of January of that year, without just cause. The defendant admits the alleged agreement, but avers that he dismissed the plaintiff in consequence of abusive language and menacing gestures used by the latter…