Meese v. Nixon

It is said in the brief that this case was begun in the county court and appealed to the district court. The petition in the district court alleged that the plaintiff and defendant entered into a verbal agreement to construct a ditch on the land of the plaintiff’s wife, and that they, the plaintiff and defendant, employed one Moore to construct the ditch, and agreed to pay him $1 a rod for the same; that Mr. Moore constructed the ditch accord- and that the liability of the plaintiff and defendant to Moore therefor was $120; that the defendant neglected to pay Ill's share to Moore, and that…