Pinckney v. Talmage

Citations

• 32 S.C. 364
• 10 S.E. 1083
• 1890 S.C. LEXIS 56

Syllabus

<p>Plaintiff, after having boon in defendants’ employment for some time, received from defendants the following letter: “We have noticed you past month whilst under our eyes, and have been pleased with your work. No one who shows an interest in our business will go unrewarded. Your salary from Nov. 1st will be per month at rate of $500 a year.’’ Held, that this letter made an employment by the month and not by the year, and in action by plaintiff to recover the salary for the remainder of the unexpired year, after the month in which he was dismissed without just cause, he was properly non-suited.</p>