Evans v. Hartmann

This action was instituted by Dorothy Evans and Orville Evans, her husband, against Rudolf Hartmann and wife, to recover wages from January 1, 1938, to March 8, 1939, claimed to have been earned by Dorothy Evans, as an apartment house employee, under the provisions of the minimum wage law for women (Rem. Rev. Stat., §§ 7623 to 7641 [P. C. §§ 3526 to 3547], both inclusive), particularly § 7638 [P. C. § 3544], which provides:

“If any employee shall receive less than the legal minimum wage, except as hereinbefore provided in section 7632, said employee shall be entitled to recover in a civil…