Bruun v. Katz Drug Company, Inc.

BARRETT, C.

On March 30, 1929 James Bruun instituted this action to recover the sum 'of $8.96, which he claimed was the contracted balance due him as wages when he was discharged by his employer, Katz Drug Company, Incorporated, (a Missouri corporation), and his agreed salary of $120.00 per month until the balance of wages due was paid as a continuing penalty. Mo. R. S. A., Sec. 5082. At the time the suit was instituted, within sixty days of Bruun’s discharge, the amount claimed was $230.00. By the time the case was .appealed to this court the claimed continuing penalty exceeded $18,000.00.

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