Olson v. City of Highland Park

These three cases were tried together in the circuit court, and by stipulation were consolidated on appeal. In the first case, Fred E. Olson, a member of the police force of the city of Highland Park, brought an action for compensation for overtime services rendered in excess of 40 hours per week between the dates of November 10, 1940, and May 24, 1943, in the amount of $1,635.29. The circuit judge, sitting without a jury, held that, being an officer of the police department, Olson was not entitled to recover for overtime pay.

In the second case, Prances Coulter, a police matron of the city of…