Roles v. Mintzer

The evidence was sufficient to sustain the werdict. The action being on an alleged oral contract of hiring, in which, as plaintiff testified, defendant agreed to pay Eim f>20 per month and his board and washing, while defendant denied this, and testified he was to work for his board, defendant, on the cross-examination of plaintiff, asked him if, about the time he went to work for defendant, he tried to engage for work for one Whitcher for his board, to which plaintiff answered he did not. On his defence, defendant offered to show by Whitcher that about that time plaintiff came to him, and…