Lloyd v. Dickson

Citations

• 121 La. 915
• 46 So. 919
• 1908 La. LEXIS 772

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant — Wrongful Discharge —Action for Salary.</p> <p>Under Rev. Civ. Code, art. 2749, a servant discharged without any serious ground of complaint may recover the salary for the unexpired term. But this article is in the nature of a penal statute, and hah no application to contracts for hiring purely executory in their nature. Trefethen v. Locke, 16 La. Ann. 19, reaffirmed.</p> <p>[Ed.. Note. — For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 34, Master and Servant, §§ 50-53.)</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>