Acton v. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Indiana Court of Appeals
Prom Martin Circuit Court; J ames W. Ogdon, Judge. Action by Benjamin N. Acton against The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad Company. Prom a judgment for defendant, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtIbach, J.
This was a complaint against appellee, a railroad corporation, alleging “that the plaintiff did work and labor for the defendant at its special instance and request continuously from July 19, 1909, until July 19, 1911, at and for the agreed price of fifty-five dollars per month. That said defendant paid plaintiff for each of said months the sum of $52.50, retaining of plaintiff’s wages each month the sum of $2.50, and retaining a total sum due plaintiff during said time of $60.00, which sum of money is now due plaintiff and remains wholly unpaid.”
The second paragraph of appellee’s answer to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Boes v. Grand Rapids & Indiana RailroadIndiana Court of Appeals · 1915
- Wells v. Vandalia RailroadIndiana Court of Appeals · 1913
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- Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. DuncanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1916
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