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34 Tex. 285

Edrington v. Leach

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1871

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1871-07-01

Error from Washington. Tried below before the Hem. H. E B. Baylor. This cause was tried in the court below in the Spring of 1859. and was brought to this court by writ of error during the same year.

Decided 1871-07-01

Walker, J.

¶1Leach sued Edrington in the district court, on an account for work and labor.

¶2If, upon the trial, it was proven that the value of Leach’s services in Edrington’a store, as bookkeeper, was estimated at eight hundred dollars per annum, and that the parties had agreed that Leach should work for Edrington but half his time and receive hut half pay, evidence proving that he worked all or more than half his time would warrant the conclusion that the parties had changed their original agreement, and Leach would be entitled to recover for so much of his time as he gave to Edrington’s business, at the rate of eight hundred dollars- per year.

¶3We cannot see wherein the charge of the court was erroneous;, and the verdict of the jury is not without evidence to support it

¶4The judgment of the district court is- affirmed.

¶5Affirmed.

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