Newman v. Reagan
Supreme Court of Georgia
Master and servant. Contract. Recoupment. Evidence. Before Judge Wright. Dougherty Superior Court. April Term, 1879. To the report contained in the opinion it is only necessary to add that the following were among the grounds of the motion for a new trial: (1.) Because the verdict is contrary to law and the evidence.
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Master and servant. Contract. Recoupment. Evidence. Before Judge Wright. Dougherty Superior Court. April Term, 1879. To the report contained in the opinion it is only necessary to add that the following were among the grounds of the motion for a new trial: (1.) Because the verdict is contrary to law and the evidence. (2.) Because the court refused to charge the following request: “ That the contract of hiring for one year is an entire contract, and when made, the law implies an obligation on the part of the employee to obey and execute all reasonable orders and commands of his master within…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Justice.
A clerk was discharged by his employer; he brought suit for wages for the' year for which he was employed; the jury gave him a verdict, and the employer made a motion for a new trial, which being refused, he excepted, and the case is before us for review.
1. We think that the court went too far in charging that if the clerk was guilty of bad conduct, the employer should discharge him immediately, or it would be too late to fall back upon such conduct as a reason for the discharge. There was evidence of bad conduct, or an attempt to prove it, some months before, and there was…
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