Cook v. St. Louis & Keokuk Railroad

Action on contract. The petition alleged that defendant had employed plaintiff as its civil engineer, at a salary of $300 per month; that plaintiff was in defendant’s employ in such capacity from the twentieth day of August, 1869, until •the first day of May, 1870, a period of eight months and ten days, and that the compensation plaintiff was entitled to therefor was $2500, for which judgment was asked.

The answer denied that defendant ever employed plaintiff as civil engineer, or in any other capacity at $300 per month, or any other sum; denied that it agreed to pay him said sum or any other…