Burton v. Behan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nicholls, C. J.

The plaintiff has shown that he continued in the-management of the place from the 1st to the 12th of January, 1898, but, atacit reconduction of the contract of 1892 does not absolutely and necessarily flow from that fact, through a presumption juris et de jure-The fact was certainly to be considered in dealing with the relations of parties,- but it is open to explanation, and we think the explanation has been given, and does away with plaintiff’s claims. It appears-that Burton was the manager on the Laurel Valley plantation, employed for…