Shipley v. City of Terre Haute

The demurrer of the appellees was sustained ~bo the complaint, and judgment rendered accordingly. The defendant, the City of Terre Haute, alone was served with process from the court below, and the only question urged ■upon our attention is, whether the complaint. shows a good ■cause of action against said city. The purpose of the action was to charge the city and other defendants for labor done in the construction of the railroad of the Cincinnati and 'Terre Haute Eailway Company, of which the defendants were the stockholders at the time the labor was done. We -find it unnecessary to set out…