French v. Langdon
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Oneida County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: It is undisputed that early in 1887 the defendants, under the firm name of Langdon, Henry & Co., entered into a written contract with the Minneapolis, Sault Ste.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Oneida County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: It is undisputed that early in 1887 the defendants, under the firm name of Langdon, Henry & Co., entered into a written contract with the Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie & Atlantic Railway Company for the building of the portion of its road in Wisconsin; that by the contract the defendants bound themselves to save the company harmless from the payment of laborers’ wages in such construction; that one Chase was a subcontractor, under the defendants, in constructing about ten…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
The findings of the court are clearly sustained by the evidence. Under the statutes it was the legal right of the respective laborers, by serving the requisite notices, to have held the railway company directly liable for the amount of their wages. Sec. 1815, R. S., as amended by ch. 318, Laws of 1881. By their contract with the company, the defendants assumed the responsibility which the law thus placed upon the company. The obligation of the defendants to pay to the respective laborers the full amount of their wages, including board, thus became fixed by contract with the company,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sterling v. RyanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
3Cited by3 opinions
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