Carter v. Butler

J. L. Butler brought suit against Frank Carter Jr. and Mrs. Julia Akins, the owners and operators of Superior Printing Company. He claimed that they owed him a stated amount as wages for overtime worked by him while employed as a printer by the defendants, and a like amount as liquidated damages, and an additional sum as attorney’s fees. The action was brought under the fair labor standards act of 1938 (29 U. S. C. A., §§ 201 et seq.). The defendants denied any indebtedness to the plaintiff, contending that he had been paid in full for all services rendered. The jury returned a verdict for…