Gibson-Moore Manufacturing Co. v. Meek
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Monroe county. Hon. Newnan Caycb, Judge. Action by John H. Meek against the Gibson-Moore Manufaeturing Company, brought September 24,1891, to recover the sum of $309, alleged to be due for wages.
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From the circuit court of Monroe county. Hon. Newnan Caycb, Judge. Action by John H. Meek against the Gibson-Moore Manufaeturing Company, brought September 24,1891, to recover the sum of $309, alleged to be due for wages. The declaration alleges that the plaintiff’ entered into the service of the defendant, and that, the latter contracted to pay him, as his. wages, ten dollars per week for one year, beginning March 1, 1891; that the plaintiff', in performance of his contract, continued to work for defendant until the eighth day of August, 1891, when he was discharged, without any fault on his…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
The fine argument of the learned counsel for the appellant might have prevailed half a century ago, when form was often of more importance with courts than substance, but, happily, that era has passed never to return. Now, substance is what the courts of this state look to. We have no forms of action. Every action is on the case, and one need only state a case in concise and intelligible language, containing sufficient matter of substance for the court to see that he has a meritorious cause, and his declaration will be sufficient. This declaration states the facts entitling plaintiff to…
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