Fuqua v. Thomas

Plaintiff was employed by defendant as a camera-man at a salary of $150 per week. The controversy arose from a difference of opinion between plaintiff and defendant as to the length of time covered by the employ ment. Plaintiff and Ms witnesses testified to a definite period. Defendant denied such certainty of time with reference to the employment and, although no custom was specially pleaded by defendant, on the trial he endeavored to establish a custom 'to the effect that employment of the nature of that rendered by plaintiff was limited to time actually consumed in photographing the…