Kaeo v. Ozaki

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

PERRY, J.

This is an action of assumpsit for $452.82 for money alleged to have been received in July, 1903, by defendant from the Mc-Bryde Sugar Company, Limited, a corporation, “belonging to and on account of wages due Sakutaro Hikiji, K. Matsuo, Miyadaki, Yamanaka, Yoneda, Ishida and Yamaguchi, for work performed,” it being further alleged in the declaration that the seven Japanese named assigned the claim to the plaintiff. In his answer the defendant expressly admits that at the time named he was indebted to the seven Japanese named in the sum stated but denies that…