Hanley

This action was/ brought by plaintiff to recover from defendant the sum of $1,660, alleged to be the' balance of the sum of $1,750 due plaintiff for labor performed by him for defendant.

The complaint alleges that, on the fifteenth day of April, 1920, in Modoc County, this state, defendant employed plaintiff to perform labor for the former in herding, looking after and caring for a large band of sheep belonging to defendant, upon an agreement that defendant would pay plaintiff for the labor so performed, wages or compensation at the rate of $100 per month; that plaintiff, in pursuance of said employment, commenced to perform said services for defendant on the said fifteenth day of April, 1920; and continued to work for defendant for the said agreed monthly compensation during all the period of time from said fifteenth day of April, 1920, until the first day of October, 1921; that by reason of said contract of employment and the services rendered by plaintiff in pursuance thereof, defendant became indebted to the former in the aggregate sum of $1,750, upon which defendant paid plaintiff, in cash and otherwise, the sum of $90, leaving a balance due plaintiff in the sum of $1,660,…