Missouri Court of Appeals May 18, 1896 (Nelson v. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Southern Railway Co.)

Smith, P. J.

This is an action on an account. The petition alleges that the defendant had plaintiff in its employ as chief engineer for five months, in the year 1889, and that as such engineer, he served defendant during that time, and that plaintiff’s said services were reasonably worth $150 per month, which, with certain disbursements (set forth in an itemized account filed with the petition