Duckett v. Pool
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Izlar, J., Laurens, February, 1890. This was an action by Thomas J. Duckett against Martin B. Pool. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr.. Justice McIver.
The allegations in the complaint are that plaintiff entered into a contract with one Henry Murrell, whereby the latter agreed to live on plaintiff’s farm and work for him for the year 1889, and that defendant, áfter notice of this contract, enticed said Murrell from plaintiff’s service to the damage of the plaintiff five hundred dollars. The only defence interposed was a general denial of all the allegations contained in the complaint.
The plaintiff offered testimony tending to show that some time in November, 1888, he made a verbal…
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