Kenyon v. Hampton

Mr. Presiding Justice Shepard

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was an action brought by the appellee for the breach of an alleged verbal contract of employment of her by the appellant, for the term of one year from March 5,1894, at a weekly salary of $¿o, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for $1,150 in favor of the appellee.

The alleged breach was the subject of a special count, and consisted in a discharge of the appellee at the end of six weeks service, without cause.

Besides denying the contract as alleged, by a plea of the general issue, the appellant pleaded specially that the…