Burson v. Hamilton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourth. Judicial District Court, Parish of Union; Joseph Burrougli Crow, Judge. Action by Robert Burson against Tom H. Hamilton, with writ of sequestration and wherein defendant set up a claim for damages. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals, and plaintiff, answering the appeal, prays that the amount of the judgment be increased.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
This is an action for the value of half of a crop of cotton and corn raised by the plaintiff on the defendant’s farm, under a contract of employment, and for damages for personal injuries inflicted by the defendant in dismissing the plaintiff from the farm. The suit was for $5,540; that is, $420 for the value of half of the cotton crop, $120 for the value of half of the corn, and $5,000 for damages for personal injuries inflicted upon the plaintiff by the defendant’s assaulting and beating him, in dismissing him from the farm, in violation of the contract of employment. As the crop was only…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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