Pope v. Keefer

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, Park County, denying his claim for unpaid wages and the penalty thereon and for attorney’s fees incurred in pursuit of his claim.

At the October 27, 1977, hearing before the Honorable Jack D. Shanstrom, sitting without a jury, evidence was presented which showed that plaintiff Pope, then a single man thirty years old, resided with and worked as a farm hand for the Keefer family from the beginning of November, 1969, through April, 1975.

The testimony regarding the circumstances under which Pope came to reside…