Langford v. Leggitt

Citations

• 99 Miss. 266
• 54 So. 856

Syllabus

<p>1. Wases oe Overseers. Lien on agricultural products. Code 1906, section 3042.</p> <p>Where an overseer is hired by the year and wrongfully discharged before the termination of his contract under Code 1906, section 342, giving a lien on crops to overseer, etc., he has a lien for his wages already earned and those he would have earned until the expiration of his contract less any earnings after his discharge.</p> <p>2. Same.</p> <p>And this is true even though at the time of the overseer’s discharge he owed his employer more than the wages due at that time.</p>