Walker v. Vale Royal Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Charge' of Court. Contracts. Principal and Agent Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah. July Term, 1885. To the report contained in the decision, it is necessary to add only that the evidence for the plaintiff, which it was claimed established the ágency of Morse for the defendant, was, in brief, as follows: ■ The plaintiff was working in New Orleans. One day he met Morse at the house of the latter. Morse asked him how much he was g'etting per day.
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Charge' of Court. Contracts. Principal and Agent Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah. July Term, 1885. To the report contained in the decision, it is necessary to add only that the evidence for the plaintiff, which it was claimed established the ágency of Morse for the defendant, was, in brief, as follows: ■ The plaintiff was working in New Orleans. One day he met Morse at the house of the latter. Morse asked him how much he was g'etting per day. He replied $2.75. Morse said, “ I want you to go with me, and I will give you $3, and if business is good, will raise you to $3.25 or…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
This is an action on the case for damages brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error. The allegations are to the effect that the defendant in error employed, by an agent, the plaintiff in error to work* in its shops in Chatham county, Georgia; that the agent employed him in New Orleans, where he was permanently employed; that thereupon he moved to Savannah at great expense; that the contract made in New Orleans was broken by the defendant in error; and that the plaintiff in error, in moving to Savannah, in breaking up in New Orleans, and in…
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