Stevenson v. Magill
North Dakota Supreme Court
Judgment for foreclosure directed. Appeal from District Court of Eansom County, Allen, Judge, dismissing this action. The object of the statute in question is to secure workers in their rightful wages, and such statutes are liberally construed. Sutherland, Stat. Constr. § 409; Lowe v. Abrahamson, 18 N. D. 182, 19 L.R.A.(N.S.) 1039, 119 N. W. 241, 20 Ann.
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Judgment for foreclosure directed. Appeal from District Court of Eansom County, Allen, Judge, dismissing this action. The object of the statute in question is to secure workers in their rightful wages, and such statutes are liberally construed. Sutherland, Stat. Constr. § 409; Lowe v. Abrahamson, 18 N. D. 182, 19 L.R.A.(N.S.) 1039, 119 N. W. 241, 20 Ann. Cas. 355; Ileddan v. Walden Farmers Elevator Co. 31 N. D. 392, 153 N. W. 1015. A farm laborer is one who labors upon a farm in helping to raise the crops and doing other general farm work; one who does cooking in a cook car for a threshing…
1DissentChristianson, J.
I am unable to concur in the opinion prepared by my brother Goss.
The material portions of plaintiff’s cause of action, as stated in her complaint, are as follows: “That from the 1st day of September, 1915, to the 6th day of October, 1915, both inclusive, this plaintiff rendered services to the defendants, at the special instance and request of the defendant A. J. Kelly, in the capacity of a farm laborer, . . . that said lands above-mentioned are owned by the defendant Roland Magill, and that said Roland Magill sowed, grew, harvested, and threshed on the above-described lands, during the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lowe v. AbrahamsonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1908
- Heddan v. Walden Farmers Elevator Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1915