Silgaro v. Port Compress Co.

KENNERLY, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a former employee of defendant, in his complaint filed February 5, 1941, sues defendant under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 201 to 219, for overtime between July 1, 1939, and September 6, 1940, and damages and attorney’s fees, as provided in such Act. Defendant, owner and operator of a compress for the compressing of cotton for others for hire, in its amended answer, filed January 26, 1942, denies that either it or plaintiff, its employee, were, during such period, engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, and…