Owen v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.

According to the petition, S. Cox, defendant, entered into a contract with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company, defendant, to do some grading' and excavating on its right of way on Twenty-ninth street between A and I) streets in South Omaha, and immediately sublet a.portion of the work to plaintiff, agreeing to pay him 18 cents a cubic yard for excavating and removing earth. Plaintiff commenced the job September 1, 1906, and completed it October 3, 1906, having in the meantime excavated and removed 3,690 cubic yards of earth. Neither of the defendants paid him for his -work,…