Maricopa County v. Sharrit

This is an action against Maricopa County by Tom Sharrit, an employee, for a balance of wages claimed by him under the minimum wage law. Chapter 12, Laws 1933. The employment was that of stationary engineer at the county courthouse and extended from February 17, 1933, to the first day of January, 1935. For his services Sharrit was paid, as per agreement, $175 per month until June or July, 1933, and thereafter $157.50 per month. He claimed that under the minimum wage law he should have received for his services $1 per hour, that being the minimum wage fixed by the State Highway Commission for…