Burket v. Ellis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought by Burket to recover from the defendant the sum of $1,000, claimed to be due from the latter to him as compensation for services rendered in the superintending of the construction of a portion of section number 7, route number 20, of one of the state highways, this section being located in the village of Malaga. Ellis had made a contract with the state highway commission for the construction of this section of the route, and, having made the contract, he subcontracted some parts of the work to be done under…