Doerr v. Laughlin

— Plaintiff sues for wages as a domestic servant in the home of defendant from October 4, 1918, to October 29, 1918. The proceedings were begun before a justice of the peace on a statement of account for $25, charging defendant for such services. Plaintiff prevailed in the justice court, and defendant appealed to the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, where again judg ment was rendered in favor of plaintiff. Defendant brings the case here for review.

The facts are simple. Plaintiff was hired as a house servant in the home of Laughlin in St. Louis county, and was to be paid $25 per month…