Emery v. Brown Shoe Company

DALTON, Presiding Judge.

' Action under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq. to recover unpaid overtime compensation, liquidated damages and attorney fees in the sum of $46,434.00, exclusive of interest and costs. From a judgment dismissing plaintiff’s petition with prejudice, plaintiff has appealed.

Plaintiff’s amended petition alleged that plaintiff was employed by defendant to operate motor trucks transporting goods in interstate commerce between Missouri and other states of the United States; that defendant was engaged in the production of…