Mertens v. McMahon

This cause is in this court on certification by the Kansas City Court of Appeals because that court deemed its opinion in the case in conflict with an opinion by the St. Louis Court of Appeals. The suit is the third one which the plaintiff has filed against defendant for the cause of action sued upon, to-wit, for work and labor done and material and tools furnished in connection with the construction of a State Highway in Gasconade County, asking judgment in each case for $2,170.54. The defendant is the general contractor for the construction of the highway and one Christ J. Haeffner was…