Shortall v. Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered January 16, 1906, upon stipulated facts in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action to recover wages due an employee.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
This is an action brought by the respondent, who was plaintiff below, to recover of the appellant the sum of $21.36 claimed to be due as wages. The facts were stipulated, and are in substance these: The appellant is a corporation of the state of Nevada, authorized to do business in the state of Washington, and engaged in business at Bremerton. On August 31, 1905, it employed the respondent as a laborer, at a stipulated wage, taking from him a written promise in the following words:
“Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned, in accepting employment from the Puget Sound Bridge and…
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