Dietz v. Bartell

—The parties to this action are both appealing and we will continue to refer to them as plaintiff and defendant.

Defendant made a contract with one Nicholson for the erection of a dwelling upon acreage property. *444Plaintiff commenced work for Nicholson in April of 1920 as a carpenter, at the rate of $8 per day. In the latter part of June, 1920, work ceased on the house by consent of the defendants while the contractor worked his crew on other jobs. On November 1, work was resumed on the house of the defendants, and about December 1 the contractor left suddenly, whereupon the defendants made…