Austin Bridge Co. v. Teague

B. C. Teague filed this suit in the county court against Austin Bridge Company, Austin Road Company, and the Superior Lloyds of America, as surety, to recover the difference in the amount of wages paid him as an unskilled laborer and the wages claimed to be due him as a skilled laborer, for work done on a public works contract in Travis County. On a trial before the court without a jury he recovered judgment for $479.40, as the balance of wages due less one per cent, for the payment of old age benefits, $47.94 as attorney’s fees, and six per cent, interest on the judgment from its date. An…