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Burke v. Martin

Appellate Court of Illinois
Oct 29, 1948
335 Ill. App. 642 (Ill. App. Ct. 1948)

Opinion

Gen. No. 9,610. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed October 29, 1948 Rehearing denied December 9, 1948 Released for publication December 10, 1948

MASTER AND SERVANT, § 59sufficiency of evidence in action for wages, etc. In farm hand's action against employer to recover $300 allegedly due as wages, part of a bonus and one-half the value of certain hogs after contract of employment for one year had been terminated by employer, wherein defendant counterclaimed for $713.50 representing value of milk sold by plaintiff, value of eggs produced by plaintiff's chickens, value of feed furnished by defendant to plaintiff, and sums representing money paid by defendant for cultivation of crops while plaintiff was sick, evidence did not authorize verdict awarding plaintiff full amount claimed and disallowing counterclaim in its entirety.

See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from the County Court of Piatt county; the Hon. B.E. MORAN, Judge, presiding.

Reversed and remanded. Heard in this court at the October term, 1948.

N.E. Hutson, for appellant;

Edie Corbett, for appellee;

C.E. Corbett, of counsel.


Not to be published in full. Opinion filed October 29, 1948; rehearing denied December 9, 1948; released for publication December 10, 1948.


Summaries of

Burke v. Martin

Appellate Court of Illinois
Oct 29, 1948
335 Ill. App. 642 (Ill. App. Ct. 1948)
Case details for

Burke v. Martin

Case Details

Full title:Walter Burke, Appellee, v. Lina Martin, Appellant. Lina Martin, Appellant…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois

Date published: Oct 29, 1948

Citations

335 Ill. App. 642 (Ill. App. Ct. 1948)
82 N.E.2d 510

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