Lefevers v. General Export Iron & Metal Co.

ALLRED, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a resident citizen of Texas, sues defendant, a Texas corporation, for unpaid minimum wages and overtime compensation in the sum of $882.22; as well as a like amount for liquidated damages and $500 attorneys’' fees, under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, §§ 1-19, 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 201-219.

Plaintiff alleged and proved that he was employed “as a night watchman to safeguard the premises on which defendant’s plant was located and the materials there situated,” from October 24, 1938 (the effective date of the act) to April 9, 1940, at a salary of $70 per month.…