Armistead v. Chatters

Citations

• 71 Miss. 509

Syllabus

<p>1. Laborer Under Contract. „ Employment. Damages. Laws 3 890, p. 69.</p> <p>In an action under act 1890, p. 69 (§ 1068, Code 1892), which, besides imposing a fine, makes liable to double damages one who knowingly employs a laborer under contract with another “before the expiration of Ms contract,” without the employer’s consent, the fact that the laborer had abandoned the contract before being employed, does not relieve the defendant from liability.</p> <p>2. Same. Measure of damages. Original contract; breach of.</p> <p>Under such statute, the damages are not apportioned. The measure is double the damages sustained by the employer because of the breach of the contract by the laborer in abandoning the employment. The recovery is not restricted to the damages growing out of the employment of the laborer by defendant.</p>