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Wright v. Turner

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 15, 1827

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1827-01-15

<p>Plaintiff agrees to serve defendant three months, at ten do’lars a month ; the contract is entire ; and if he leave the service before the expiration of the time, he cannot recover.</p>

Decided 1827-01-15

JUDGE CRENSHAW.

¶1delivered the opinion of the Court.

¶2This was an appeal from a magistrate’s judgement. In the Circuit Court, as appears by the bill of exceptions,

¶3Wright the plaintifF, proved that under a contract to serve the defendant three months, at §10 a month, he had served defendant about one month and eight days, and then against defendant’s consent, left his service; that when he left defendant’s service, he offered to give him a due bill for his wages for the time he had served. The Circuit Court gave judgement for the defendant. And Wright now assigns this as error.

¶4The contract was entire. As the plaintifF left the defendant’s service without his consent, he is not entitled to recover even for the time he had served. The offer to give a due bill, is to be considered as an offer on the part of the defendant to purchase his peace, and thereby to get rid of a dispute, with perhaps, a troublesome man, and not as.an assumpsit or acknowledgement of any debt. Let the judgement be affirmed.

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