Brewer v. Central Greenhouse Corp.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE WALKER

delivered the opinion of the Court.

*100This suit was brought by Lee G. Brewer, petitioner, against Central Greenhouse Corporation, respondent, to recover minimum wages under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. 29 U.S.C.A. Sec. 201 et seq. The trial court granted respondent’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that petitioner was an agricultural employee, and the Court of Civil Appeals affirmed. 344 S.W. 2d 518.

Anyone employed in agriculture is expressly excepted from the minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. 29 U.S.C.A. Sec.…