Croom v. Goldsboro Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Bond, J., at February Term, 1921, of LENOIR. The plaintiff alleges that in December, 1917, he was employed by the defendant to do certain work during the year 1918, for which he was to receive $16 a week, fuel and house rent free, together with an increase in wages to be fixed in the following April; that he entered upon and continued in the defendant’s service until May, 1918, when he was wrongfully discharged, and that he has suffered damages in…
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Appeal by plaintiff from Bond, J., at February Term, 1921, of LENOIR. The plaintiff alleges that in December, 1917, he was employed by the defendant to do certain work during the year 1918, for which he was to receive $16 a week, fuel and house rent free, together with an increase in wages to be fixed in the following April; that he entered upon and continued in the defendant’s service until May, 1918, when he was wrongfully discharged, and that he has suffered damages in the sum of $500. Denying tbe material allegations of tbe complaint, tbe defendant alleges tbat tbe plaintiff was employed…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
In bis complaint tbe plaintiff alleges tbat by tbe terms of tbe contract be was to be paid $16 a weeli in part compensation for bis services. On tbe trial there was evidence for tbe plaintiff tending to *219show tbat be was to be paid $15 a week for bis personal services and bis wife $1 a week for certain services to be rendered by ber. His Honor charged tbe jury tbat tbe plaintiff could not recover tbe amount claimed to be payable on account of tbe wife’s services, and tbat tbe plaintiff’s wages, if allowed by tbe jury, could not exceed tbe rate of $15 a week. To tbis instruction tbe plaintiff…
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