Holland v. De Priest

This cause was certified to this court by the St. Louis court of appeals. The appeal is from a judgment of-the Shannon circuit court, directing the sheriff of said county to pay certain employees of the McCaskill Mercantile and Lumber Company wages due them for services rendered within six months prior to the seizure of said company’s property under a writ of attachment.

We have examined the transcript carefully and the constitutionality of section 4*911, Eevised Statutes, 1889, was not mooted in any manner in the circuit court.

The St. Louis court of appeals doubted whether the question was…