Lee v. Hampton

Citations

• 79 Miss. 321

Syllabus

<p>1. Mastbe Aíro Sertant. Bitty of discharged servant.</p> <p>It is the duty of a wronfully discharged servant to seek and, if he can, obtain other employment, thereby reducing the damages that otherwise would be suffered by him from the discharge.</p> <p>3. Same. Servant’s own business. Measure of damages.</p> <p>A wrongfully discharged servant, who engages in business of his own after the discharge and during the term for which he was employed, is entitled to recover of his employer the sum he would have earned in the employment, less the reasonable value of his diligent labor in and attention to his own business during said term.</p> <p>3. Same. Instruction. Net profits.</p> <p>An instruction in such a case authorizing a verdict for the servant for the sum he would have earned in the employment, less the net profits of the servant’s own business, is erroneous.</p>