Stubbs v. Clarinda, College Springs & South-Western R'y Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Page District Court. Action to establish a mechanic’s lieu upon a railroad. The defendants demurred to the plaintiff’s petition, and the demurrer was sustained; and, the plaintiff electing to stand upon his petition, judgment was rendered against him for-costs. Tie appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
The plaintiff averred, in substance, that in-1881 and 1882 the defendant, the Clarinda, College Springs & Southwestern Railroad Company, was engaged in building a railroad; that the company let the construction of a portion of it to one John Fitzgerald, and he sublet the work, or a portion of it, to Jesse Stubbs & Co., who employed the plaintiff as their book-keeper, cashier, and superintendent of their-working force on the railroad; that as such employe he worked: for Jesse Stubbs & Co. seven months, at an agreed salary of' *514$100 per month, commencing September 1, 1881, and ending March 31,…
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