Jordan v. American Oil Co.

HARTIGAN, District Judge.

This is an action brought by Frank Jordan of East Providence against The American Oil Company, a corporation duly organized under the law, with a regular place of and doing business in the City of Providence, to recover overtime qompensation, and a like equal amount as liquidated damages, together with the costs of this action and a reasonable attorney’s fee, under the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. June 25, 1938, c. 676, 52 Stat. 1060, Title 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq., hereinafter called The Act.

The defendant in its answer admits…