Mulcahy v O'Sullivan

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 08 December 1944
• Date: 08 December 1944
• Court: High Court

Mulcahy

and

O'Sullivan

- Remuneration consisting of board and lodging in addition to wages at an agreed rate per annum - No written agreement - No fixed date for payment of wages -Small sums paid on account of wages at servant's request - Balance of account due struck at irregular intervals at servant's request - Whether a yearly hiring - Whether a demand for payment a condition precedent to master's liability for wages -Whether Statute of Limitations commenced to run before date of demand - Whether provisions of board and lodging constituted part payment so as to prevent the statute from running - Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ir.), 1853 (16 and 17 Vict. c. 113).

The plaintiff, in the year 1910, was engaged by D. as barmaid in D.'s hotel at a remuneration which consisted of board and lodging and wages at an...