6oO LEGAL DEPARTMENT. 



never been permitted by the farmer to make any purchases, he could 

 not bind the farmer by going to the store and buying goods simply 

 because he was a laborer and pretending to have authority, or if he 

 only had the authority and has purchased goods at a certain place, the 

 employer will be bound by his acts, unless he notifies the parties from 

 whom he had formerly purchased that he 'A'ill be no longer responsible, 

 yet the laborer who so purchased without the consent or directions of 

 his employer is criminally liable. 



Liability of Employer for Injury Committed by His Employee. — 

 Where the employee is working within the scope of his employment, 

 even though the farmer does not authorize or even know a laborer's 

 act, he will be held responsible for any injury accruing through the 

 negligence, fraud, deceit, or even willful misconduct of the laborer. 



Discharging for Cause. — Before the employer can discharge his la- 

 borer, there must be a sufficient cause to discharge the employer from 

 liability- for future wages, or justify the dismissal; there must be on the 

 part of the laborer either willful disobedience of the lawful orders, or im- 

 moral conduct or habitual negligence. To illustrate — an instance of the 

 first: If where a farmer ordered the laborer to go with his team a long 

 distance just as dinner was ready and he refused to go until after he had 

 had his dinner. But in most cases where the misconduct is slight and is 

 the first offense there is a strong tendency to excuse the laborer. Still, 

 willful disobedience of the lawful command, as well as insulting lan- 

 guage used by the laborer is usually considered good ground for dis- 

 charge. If the laborer is immoral or habitually drunk or embezzles or 

 commits fraudulent acts towards his employer, his dismissal would be 

 justifiable. Unwarranted absence or neglect in discharging his duties, 

 thereby causing injury or loss to his employer, would justify the same 

 course, even though the laborer did not intend to cause damage. 



Dismissing Laborers. — In this country it has been repeatedly held 

 that the employer must pay whatever the services were reasonably 

 worth up to the time of discharge. 



Liability of the Laborer to the Farmer for Misconduct. — If 

 the laborer by negligence, carelessness or misconduct in doing the work, 

 or executing orders, causes loss to the employer, he must reimburse 

 the employer, or if a third person has recovered damages from the 

 employer because of the acts of the employee, he must also pay for 

 property willfully broken or damaged. 



Termination of Services.— The service that is dissolved at the 



