Carpenter v. Waxahachie Cotton Warehouse

HALE, Justice.

Jess Carpenter sued Mrs. N. A. McMillan, doing business as Waxahachie Cotton Warehouse, for minimum wages, overtime compensation, liquidated damages and a reasonable attorney’s fee alleged to be recoverable under the provisions of the federal statutes known as the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S. C.A. § 201 et seq. The case was tried before the court below without a jury. The court filed extensive findings of fact and conclusions of law, the substance of which was that the parties were not engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, or in the production of…