Laborer Worthy Of His Hire

DIDN'T KNOW OF A CHANGE OF EMPLOYERS

And Recovered Wages of the Man Who First Hired Him, in Justice Court

That the laborer is worthy of his hire, was again decided in Justice Doty's court yesterday. The case was that of Jacob Buehler vs. the Towar Wayne County Creamery Co. Buehler is a German, who has not been in this country long and does not speak a word of English and hired out on the Towar farm. This farm was afterwards leased to Aniron Townsend, but Buehler claimed he didn't know it and kept on working just the same. Judgement for $27 and $3.63 costs was given to Buehler on the ground that he hadn't had any notice of the changed relations, believing that he was working for Towar just the same. Townsend, who leased the farm, skipped out, and the farm went back to the Towars.

Buehler had a hard row to hoe before he got his judgement. On August 3 he sued Mr. Towar, the president of the company, personally, but finding that the farm belonged to teh Towar Wayne County Creamery Co. this suit was discontinued on August 10. The next day he sued Anrion E. Townsend, lessee of the farm in attachment and garnished the Towar Creamery Co. and on August 20 the company disclosed that they didn't owe Townsend anything. These suits were discontinued and on August 20 the suit was commenced which was heard today. An interpreter was employed to obtain the testimony of the plaintiff. At the hearing today M.J. Cavanaugh represented the plaintiff and J.F. Lawrence the defendant. Mr. Towar on the stand admitted hiring Buehlow and taking him out to the farm, also of his being out to the farm after Townsend had leased it and notifying the other employees, excepting Buehlow, of the lease. He had not notified Buehlow because the latter didn't talk English. There was no evidence that the lease had been recorded and the justice decided that Buehlow had had no notice of the termination of his employment by Mr. Towar.