Louis de Saulles & Co. v. Leake
Supreme Court of Georgia
Charge of Court. New trial. Before Judge Cowart. City Court of Atlanta. June Term, 1875. Leake brought complaint against de Saulles & Company on an account for $699 96, due for services rendered as a clerk, and for $120 00 money loaned. Defendants pleaded that the account, so far as correct, had been paid.
Read the full summary
Charge of Court. New trial. Before Judge Cowart. City Court of Atlanta. June Term, 1875. Leake brought complaint against de Saulles & Company on an account for $699 96, due for services rendered as a clerk, and for $120 00 money loaned. Defendants pleaded that the account, so far as correct, had been paid. That the plaintiff had been employed by the year and had left their service without cause, thereby damaging them $250 00. That he was not entitled to any pay for the 'three dull months of the year. To the plea was attached a bill of particulars made out upon this basis, by which the…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Judge.
This was a suit by a mercantile clerk against his employers for wages and for money loaned. The money item was admitted. The item for wages was resisted, on the ground that the clerk had withdrawn from the service for which he was hired before the expiration of the term, without just cause and without the consent of his employers. The service commenced in January, 1874, without any definite contract. Subsequently a contract was entered into for service during that year, at the rate of $1,000 00 per annum. Under that contract the plaintiff remained until the 13th of October,…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Hayes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
- Tanner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
- Weekes v. CottinghamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
- National Bank v. Maryland Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1929