Wong Lang v. Alaska Imp. Co.

Citations

• 4 Cal. Unrep. 867
• 38 P. 104
• 1894 Cal. LEXIS 1237

Syllabus

<p>Action for Services—Conflicting Evidence.—In an action for labor in defendant’s fish cannery, defendant’s testimony was that the balance claimed by plaintiff was covered by a charge against him for defective canning, in accordance with the contract, and that plaintiff had signed a receipt in full, which was read to him before he signed it. Plaintiff’s testimony was that the defective canning was due to defective machinery; that plaintiff could not read writing in the English language; that the receipt was not read to him at the time he signed it; that he supposed he was signing only for a payment which he then received. Held, that a verdict for plaintiff will not be disturbed.</p>