Thrift v. Payne

This was an action originally brought before a justice of the peace of Macon county, to recover for work and labor under a contract. The plaintiff had judgment, from which the defendant appealed to the circuit court, and, on trial there by a jury, a verdict was rendered, under instruction of the court, for the plaintiff, and on which, overruling a motion for a new trial, the court entered judgment. To reverse this judgment the defendant appeals, and makes his principal point on the instructions.

It is conceded, the contract between these parties, that plaintiff should work for the defendant…