Swart v. Town & Country Home Center, Inc.

Melvin Mayfield, Chief Judge.

Town and Country Home Center, Inc. failed suit against Gerald Swart to recover $474.80, the balance alleged to be due on the purchase price of several appliances. Swart filed an answer and counterclaim alleging that one of the appliances, a kitchen range, was defective and that he was entitled to a credit on the amount due. Swart had been an employee of Town and Country and his counterclaim also alleged that Town and Country was indebted to him under the Fair Labor Standards Act for hours worked in excess of forty hours a week.

The case was tried by the court…