95 Tenn. 329 | Tenn. | 1895
This is an action commenced before a Justice of the Peace, on account for work and labor done by plaintiff for defendant. On appeal to the Circuit Court, this cause was heard by the Judge without the intervention of a jury, and judgment was rendered for the plaintiff for $120 and costs, and defendant has appealed and assigned errors.
It appears that plaintiff, when he was about nineteen years of age, went to live with defendant,
It is evident that, on defendant’s view and evidence, plaintiff cannot recover, as he Avas to have nothing but his board and clothes, which he has received; nor can he recover upon his own theory, since he fails to prove any agreement or promise to pay him what his services were worth, or anything éxcept the horse, bridle, and saddle, which he does not sue for, and which defendant denies is true. There is, therefore, no proof of any promise to compensate plaintiff upon which the defendant can be held liable, and the judgment of the Circuit Court must be reversed, and, having been heard before the Judge without a jury, the judgment will be rendered here that should have been given by the trial Judge, dismissing this suit at plaintiff’s cost.