Bratton v. Hoerr

This action is brought to recover for work and labor done by the plaintiff as a farm laborer for the defendant between the fifth clay of October, 1915 and the tenth day of October, 1919. The defendant denies any employment of the plaintiff, and further denies that he is indebted to the plaintiff on any account whatsoever.

It appears that the defendant owned certain farm lands near McKenzie, Burleigh county, North Dakota. One Coffin was farming 'these lands under a lease. In October, 1915, Coffin hired the plaintiff as a farm laborer. Coffin died in 1917. His widow continued in occupation of…