Dyer v. Pauley Jail Building Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Lassing

— Affirming.

The Pauley Jail Building Company contracted with ' the Fiscal Court of Kn'ox County to build a, new jail for said county upon the site of the old one. In the prosech•eution of this work the company was represented by J. .J. Lankford. He employed seven or eight men in the capacity of day laborers to tear down the old jail building, idear the ground, and prepare for the hew strúcture. *593He also employed William Dyer as a foreman to assist •in looking after the prosecution of the work. While engaged with the other laborers in tearing out the sheet…