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Ganas (P) came to the U.S. at the age of 13. He worked in various places until he accepted employment with Col. James G. Darden. The Col. engaged P as his servant in 1929 and that employment continued until the Col.'s death in 1933. At the Col.'s death, there was to be a payment of $20,000 to P. Just prior to his death, Mrs. Darden discovered a letter on her bed from P that would serve no worthy purpose to quote. The letter showed that P had designs on the Col.' wife and wanted to tell the Col. of the contents, but the physician advised against telling her husband. After the funeral, Mrs. Darden showed the letter to the executor of the estate, Mr. Bright (D). D told P to leave. D then refused to pay the $20,000 in that P had breached the implied conditions of his employment. The jury awarded P $8,990, and D appealed.

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