State Ex Rel. Jones v. Daues

This is an original proceeding in certiorari wherein relators seek to have quashed on the ground of conflict of decision the judgment and opinion of the St. Louis Court of Appeals in the case of J. A. Schaefer Construction Company, a corporation, appellant, v. Paul Jones et al., respondents, lately pending in that court on appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court. The rulings and the facts on which they are based are disclosed by the opinion, which is as follows:

“Plaintiff brought this suit against the defendants to recover for labor performed in excavating for a garage building. The amount…