Roach v. Rutter
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Valley County; Jno. W. Tattan, Judge. Action by N. A. Roach, against J. H. Rutter. From a judgment for defendant, and from an order denying a new trial, plaintiff appeals. 'Cause submitted on briefs of counsel.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
'The complaint in this action alleges that on the twenty-fifth day of June, 1904, the defendant employed plaintiff to watch (over a certain house and the goods contained therein, “and promised that he should receive as pay therefor the sum of $3 per day, the same pay as a deputy sheriff”; that under said icontract of employment he cared for the house and goods for a *168period of fifty-three days; “that for said services the defendant promised to pay him the sum of $159.” Then follows an allegation of demand and refusal to pay, and a prayer for judgment in the sum of $159, with interest. The…
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- Nord v. Boston & Montana Consolidated Copper & Silver Mining Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1904
- Anderson v. Northern Pacific Ry. Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1906
- Charles v. EshlemanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1879
- Dale & Banks v. Donaldson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1886
- Kroeger v. PitcairnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
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