Steward v. A. W. Kutsche & Co.

Tlie plaintiff'Was employed by defendant in its work: of constructing the Knoxville post office building. He sued before a justice of the peace to recover a balance alleged to be ¡due him for wages. It is shown by the warrant that plaintiff worked for defendant as a carpenter and mechanic on the post office building at Knoxville for 320 hours, i and was paid at the rate of 30 cents an hour for that service.

A judgment was rendered for plaintiff by the justice of the peace, and ¡the defendant appealed to the circuit court, where the cause stood for hearing de novo. The defendant interposed, by…