Kraft

Plaintiff brought this action to recover the stipulated amount of his services upon an alleged contract of employment which he claims was terminated without cause. The evidence discloses and the trial court found “That on December 24, 1924, defendant and plaintiff entered into a contract, whereby defendant employed plaintiff to work for defendant at defendant’s packing house in Lindsay, California, for a period of one year; said employment to commence on January 1st, 1925, and end on December 31, 1925, said defendant to pay plaintiff for his services the sum of $250.00 per month.” And that by said contract defendant further agreed “to pay plaintiff at the end of said year of employment a bonus of $50.00 per month on condition that plaintiff keep straight and fulfil his contract. That by ‘keeping- straight’ was meant by the parties that plaintiff refrain from the use of intoxicating liquor.”

It further appears from the findings, sufficiently supported by the evidence, that said plaintiff entered upon the performance of said contract of employment on the first day of January, 1925, and continued to perform said contract until defendant on the tenth day of July, 1925, discharged…