Case Name: HALL v. WHITE
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1918-12-26
Citations: 208 S.W. 669
Docket Number: No. 405
Parties: HALL v. WHITE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 208
Pages: 669–670

Head Matter:
HALL v. WHITE.
(No. 405.)
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Beaumont.
Dec. 26, 1918.
On Rehearing, Feb. 5, 1919.)
1. Appeal and Error <§=31040(10) — Harmless Error — Pleading.
In action for damages for breach of contract of employment, action of court, in overruling exception to allegation in plaintiff’s petition that he was a married man and depended upon his manual labor to make a living for himself and wife, could not have prejudiced defendant.
2. Appeal and Error <§=31039(2) — Harmless Error — Pleading.
In an action for breach of a contract of employment, defendant cannot complain that petition did not allege that plaintiff could not secure work after he was discharged, where it was shown without objection that plaintiff did secure other employment.
3. Master and Servant <§=>41(2) — Breach of Contract of Employment — Damages.
In an action for breach of a contract of employment under which defendant was to furnish plaintiff a home to live in, the plaintiff could show as an element of damages the cost of moving from such house and the rent of the house until the termination of the contract.
4. Master and Servant <§=341(2) — Breach of Contract of Employment — Damages.
In an action for breach of a contract of employment under which it was alleged plaintiff was to have a portion of a crop and a portion of the increase in stock and profits from the milk on the farm where he was employed, plaintiff could show the value of the milk sold and the calves and pigs born during the year.
5. Appeal and Error <§=>742(4) — Matters Reviewable — Assignments of Error.
Where from statement under an assignment of error in admission of evidence court cannot determine basis of objection, the assignment will be overruled.
6. Master and Servant <§=⅞42(1) — Breach of Contract of Employment — Damages.
Whore an employer breached a contract of employment, he was entitled to credit for whatever sums the employé may have earned after his discharge, as a reduction of the damages suffered.
7. Appeal and Error <§=>736 — Matters Reviewable — Assignments of Error.
Where an assignment of error is multifarious, in that appellant seeks to review all the different features of his case, it cannot be considered.
Appeal from Nacogdoches County Court; J. F. Perritte, Judge.
Suit by D. White against J. Thomas Hall. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
Affirmed on condition.
Harris & Harris, of Nacogdoches, for appellant.
Ingraham' & Watson and A. A. Seale, all of Nacogdoches, for appellee.

Opinion:
BROOKE, J.
After a careful examination of the record in this ease, together with the briefs of counsel for the respective. parties, we have come to the conclusion that no reversible error is shown, and the cause should, therefore, be affirmed; and it is so ordered.
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