Hire

A bailment In which compensation is to be given for the use of a thing, or for labor and services about it. 2 Kent, Comm. 456; Story, Bailm. § 359. The divisions of this species of contract are denoted by Latin names. Locatio opens faciendi is the hire of labor and work to be done, or care and attention to be bestowed, on the goods let by the hirer, for a compensation. ' Locatio operis mereium vehendarum is the hire of the carriage of goods from one place to another, for a compensation. Jones, Bailm. 85, 86, 90, 103, 118; 2 Kent, Comm. 456; Civ. Code La. art. 1709-1711. Locatio rei or locatio conductio rei is the bailment of a thing to be used by the hirer for a compensation to be paid by him. This contract arises from the principles of natural law. It is voluntary, and founded in consent; it involves mutual and reciprocal obligations; and it is for mutual benefit. In some respects it bears a strong resemblance to the contract of sale; the principal difference between them bemg that in cases of sale the owner parts with the whole proprietary interest in the thing, and in cases of hire the owner parts with it only for a temporary use and purpose. In a sale, the thing itself is the object of the contract; in hiring, the use of the thing is its object. Vinnius. lib. 3, tit. 25, in pr.; Poth. de Contr. du Louage, notes 2-4; Jones, Bailm. 86; Story, Bailm. § 371; 2 Kent, Comm. 456.

A bailment in which compensation is to be given for the use of a thing, or for labor and services about it. 2 Kent 456; Story, Ballm. § 359. The divisions of this species of contract are denoted by Latin names. Locatio operis fadendi Is the hire of labor and work to be done or care and attention to be bestowed on the goods let by the hirer, for a compensation. Locatio operia mercium vehendarum is the hire of the carriage of goods from one place to another, for a compensation. Jones, Bailm. 85, 86, 90, *103, 118; 2 Kent 456. Locatio rei or locatio conductio rei is the bailment of a thing to be used by the hirer for a compensation to be paid by him. This contract is voluntary, and founded In consent; it Involves mutual and reciprocal obligations; and it is for mutual benefit. In some respects it bears a strong resemblance to the contract of sale; the principal difference between them being that in eases of sale the owner parts with the whole proprietary Interest in the thing, and in cases of hire the owner parts with possession only for a temporary purpose. In a sale, the thing Itself is the object of the contract; in hiring, the use of the thing Is its object; Vinnlus, Hiring a servant for a fixed sum per week, with no fixed period of duration, may be terminated by either party at any time without notice; Warden v. Hinds, 163 Fed. 201, 90 0. 0. A. 449, 25 L. R. A. (N. S.) 629 and note; so if the contract is for a fixed sum per year; Martin v. Ins. Co., 148 N. Y. 117, 42 N. E. 416; Weldman v. Cigar Stores Co., 223 Pa. 160, 72 Atl. 377, 132 Am. St Rep. 727 (dictum); Edwards v. R. Co., 121 N. C. 490, 28 S. E, 137; and per month; Kosloski V. Kelly, 122 Wis. 665, 100 N. W. 1037; The Pokanoket, 156 Fed. 241, 84 C. C. A. 49. Other cases hold that the hiring, in such case, is for the full period; Douglass v. Ins. Co., 118 N. Y. 484, 23 N. E. 806, 7 L. R. A. 822; Horn v. Land Ass’n, 22 Minn. 233; Bascom V. Shlllito, 37 Ohio St 431. So much l^r week or per month Imports a contract for a week or a month; Beach v. Mullln, 34

v. To purchase the temporary use of a thing or to stipulate for the labor or services of another. See Hieing. To engage in service for a stipulated reward, as to hire a servant for a year, or laborers by the day or month; to engage a man to temporary service for wages. To "employ" is a word of more enlarged signification. A man hired to labor is employed, but a man may be employed in a work who is not hired. McCluskey v. Cromwell, 11 N. Y. 605. For definitions of the various species of this class of contracts, under their Latin names, see Locatio and foliowing titles.

In the law of bailment, compensation for the use of a thing, or for labor and services.

or EYRE. In old English law., A journey, route, or circuit. Justices iz eire were judges who were sent by commission, every seven years, into various counties to hold the assizes and hear pleas of the crown. 3 Bl. Comm. 58.

contracts, is a bailment, where a compensation is to be given for the use of a thing or for labour or services about it. 2 Kent’s Com. 456; 1 Bell’s Com. 451; Story on Bailm. § 369; see Pothier, contrat de Louage, ch. 1,n.1. Domat, B. 1, tit. 4, §.1, n. 1; Code Civ. art. 1709, 1710; Civ. Code of Lo. art. 2644; 2645. See this Dict. Hirer, Letter.. The contract of letting and hiring is usually divided into two kinds; first, Locatio or Locatio conductio ret, the bailment of a thing to be used by the hirer for a compensation to be paid by him. Secondly, Zocatio operis, or the hire of the labour and services of the hirer for a compensation to be paid by the letter. And this last kind is again subdivided into two classes; 1. Locatio operis facienda, or the hire of labour and work to be done, or care and attention to be bestowed on the goods let by the hirer for a compensation; or, goods from one place to another, for a compensation. Jones's Bailm. 6&5, 86, 90, 103, 118; 2 Kent’s Com. 456; Code Civ. art. 1709, 1710, 1711. This contract arises from the principles of natural law; it is voluntary, and founded in consent; it involyes mutual and reciprocal obligations; and it is for mutual benetit. In some respects it bears a strong resemblance to the contract of sale; the principal dititerence between them being, that in cases of sale, the owner parts with the whole proprietary interest in the thing, and in cases of hire, the owner parts with it only for a temporary use and purpose. Pothier, Louage, n. 2, 3, 4; Jones’s Bailm. 86; Story on Bailm. § 371. Three things are of the essence of the contract; 1. That there should be a thing to be Iet; 2, a price for the hire; and, 3, a contract possessing a legal obligation. - Pothier, Louage, n. 6. Civ. Code of Lo. art. 2640. Hire also means the price given for the use of the thing hired; as, the hirer is bound to pay the hire or recompense.