Myers v. Rehkopf

Both parties were witnesses on the trial of this case without a jury in the Circuit Court, and agreed in their testimony that the appellee hired the appellant in March, 1887, at $9 per week, to May 1st following, and §12 per week thereafter; that appellee was to, and did, keep back §25 of the wages before May 1st, as security that appellant would fulfill his engagement; but the appellant testified that the engagement was until August 1, 1887, while the appellee testified it was until May 1, 1888. On this difference it is conceded by appellant that the appellee is so^ corroborated that the…