Briscoe v. Eckley

^Graves, J.:

Eckley recovered below for services and supplies to tbe plaintiffs in error, who were jobbers on the Detroit & Bay City Railroad, and also recovered upon several claims for labor, assigned to him. The plaintiffs in error had contracted to build a portion of the road, and had sublet a portion of the grading covered by their contract to Howard, Halstead & Co. Eckley had entered into the service of these sub-contractors, and a number of men had begun work for them. In the course of a few days there was disagreement between the men and the sub-contractors. Eckley claimed that he then…