Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad v. Baker

This was an action by the appellee against the appellant to recover for work and labor. The complaint in the cause, omitting the formal parts, is as follows:

“ John T. Baker, plaintiff, complains of the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad Company, defendant, and says that the defendant is a corporation, and is indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of fifty-six and dollars for work done by plaintiff for defendant, as a section hand, during the months of February and March, 1887; that the agreement for/work and labor as alleged in this complaint was a verbal agreement, and there was no other…