Bottomley v. Port Huron & Northwestern Railway Co.

One Glavin, a contractor on defendant’s road, procured the plaintiff to perform labor from the 18th or 20th of October to the 18th or 20th of December following. The latter obtained $20 of his wages and was eutitled to the further sum of $87.48. His right to this the contractor admitted, but never paid it. April 17,1879, Glavin assigned his contract and all rights under it to one James McOrea who was then and subsequently defendant’s superintendent. The plaintiff solicited payment of the company and it was refused. He brought this action on the statute of 1871 made for the protection of…