Becnel v. Ashton Plantation Co.

Citations

• 105 La. 677

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>1. The defendant company engaged and employed the plaintiff, as manager and superintendent of its plantation, and the railroad connected therewith, for the term of ten years, to begin on January 1st, 1891. The plaintiff was to be paid for his services annually the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars. The contract stipulated that the company could, at any time, terminate the contract, and be released from its obligations, by going into liquidation. The company went into liquidation on the 3rd of February, 1899 ; the plaintiff, as a stockholder, voting therefor. The plaintiff sued for salary for the whole year.</p> <p>Held — The plaintiff’s ground is not well founded. He was not sent away by the defendant; his employment ended under the terms of the contract. There is no question of reconduetion involved. The contract authorized the splitting of the year’s employment into parts, and under the exercise of this right the plaintiff could only claim salary from the beginning of the year up to the date of liquidation.</p>