Vollmer v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. This action was commenced against the principal defendant, Wolf, August 23, 1892, and on the same day the garnishee papers were served on the defendant railway company.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. This action was commenced against the principal defendant, Wolf, August 23, 1892, and on the same day the garnishee papers were served on the defendant railway company. The complaint against Wolf is to the effect that he is indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $735.93 upon an account for services rendered, board furnished, moneys paid, and for certain goods, wares, and merchandise sold and delivered, by the plaintiff to said Wolf, at his request, between June 15, 1892, and August 22, 1892, no part of which had been paid. On September…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
The statute declares, in effect, that as often as any contractor for the construction of any railroad or part thereof in process of construction shall be indebted to any laborer for thirty days’ labor or less, either manual or team labor or both, including team and driver, performed in constructing such road, such laborer may, within thirty days after the claim or demand of such laborer shall have accrued, serve notice in writing thereof on the corporation as therein designated; “ and thereupon such corporation shall be directly liable to such laborer for the amount so due him, provided he…
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