Fitger v. Guthrie
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $167.54 for labor performed. The case was tried before Jaggard, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiffs for $127.29. From an order granting a motion for a new trial, plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Defendants were railroad contractors engaged in the construction of a railroad in the northern part of the state, in and about which they employed a large number of laborers, to whom they issued, as evidence of the amount due them for labor performed, ■certain time checks. These checks contained a statement to the effect that the laborers to whom they were issued and delivered had been in the employ of defendants for a specified time, and that there was due them the amount stated therein. A large number of these checks were issued by defendants in 1901, which were, by the per sons-to whom…
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