Butler v. Carter

Wyatt, Justice.

The Court of Appeals reversed the judgment of the trial court refusing the grant of a new trial, basing the opinion upon the theory that Butler, the plaintiff in the court below, could not recover for the overtime alleged to have been worked, because in order to do so it became necessary for him to disclose an illegal and criminal transaction in which he participated, and, therefore, the courts will lend him no aid. We are called upon to decide in the first instance whether or not Butler became a party to, or engaged in, an illegal and criminal transaction. The contract set…