Suber v. Vanlew

Citations

• 29 S.C.L. 126

Syllabus

<p>1. Where an overseer employed for the entire year, left his employer’s service before its expiration, for no other reason, as he said, than because a negro woman of the plantation, in the absence of his wife, had informed the lady of his employer, that he (the overseer) was too familiar with some negro woman of the place and that she (the employer’s wife) had believed it. It was held that such reason formed no justifying cause for breaking his contract, and the jury having found for the plaintiff, a new trial was ordered.</p>