Jim Walter Corporation v. Knodel

This suit, filed in the circuit court of Mobile County, is based on the statutory common count for work and labor performed by plaintiff for defendant from to-wit: September 1, 1963 through August 3, 1964, at the request of defendant. Title 7, § 223 (11), Code of 1940. The litigated issue was whether or not plaintiff was entitled to "bonus” pay for services rendered during the aforementioned period. Judgment on verdict of jury was for $2,500. Defendant appeals.

The defendant, after adverse ruling on its demurrer to the complaint, filed a plea of the general issue, and then filed three special…