J. N. Chantly v. Nick H. Chrystal

Appellee Nick H. Chrystal filed this suit against appellant J. N. Chantly, alleging that appellant employed him as assistant manager of a restaurant at a salary of $100 per week and had paid him only approximately $30 per week. Appellant denied that appellee was employed as assistant manager but alleged that he employed appellee as a waiter at a salary of $30 per week, and that appellee was given two meals per day and allowed to keep his tips. Appellant further alleged that during the course of such employment appellee appropriated funds belonging to appellant in excess of $5,000, and prayed that if any judgment should be rendered against appellant it be offset by the amount found to have been appropriated by appellee. Upon a jury verdict, judgment was rendered for appellee for $5,460 for salary and $750 for attorneys fees.