Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Jennings
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Simpson county. Hon. W. H. Hughes, Judge. Suit by Henderson'Jennings against the Western Union Telegraph Company. F!rom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
This is a suit for damages by the appellee, Henderson Jennings, against the Western Union Telegraph Company, based upon the following facts, viz.:
The appellee and another young man were given employment by the proper employee of the Western Union Telegraph Company at St. Louis, Mo., and were sent to Tipton, Mo., at a salary each of forty dollars a month. They were to work as linemen of the appellant company, but state that they were put to work digging holes which they did not consider proper work for linemen, and for this reason, after working two and one half days, they quit and went back…
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