Conlon-Moore Corp. v. Johnston

This is on appeal upon the granting by this court of petition for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court, First District, affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County entered in a declaratory judgment action brought by Conlon-Moore Corporation wherein the circuit court held that “wages” as used in the “Wage Payment Act of Illinois” does not include vacation pay.

Appellee, Conlon-Moore Corporation, permanently ended production at its plant in Joliet, Illinois, in October, 1957. It refused to pay employee claims for “vacation pay” for any period of employment after…