Pederson v. City of Portland

This is an appeal by the City of Portland from a judgment in favor of plaintiff. The action was brought to recover an alleged balance claimed to be due for labor performed by plaintiff and his fifty-two assignors for the Commission of Public Docks, a department of the City of Portland. The labor was performed between September 20, 1926, and March 9, 1929, and consisted of work done in loading on vessels grain and other cargo for maritime commerce. For such services, the Dock Commission allowed and paid 70 cents per hour for a day’s work of eight hours and $1.05, or one and one-half pay, for…