McCoy-Couch Furniture Manufacturing Co. v. Zahringer

This action was brought by appellee, Charles A. Zahringer, for the recovery of wages due him as an employee of appellant, MeCoy-Couch Furniture Company, and for a penalty for the nonpayment thereof under the provisions of § 9111 of Pope’s Digest. Upon trial to a jury, the evidence tended to establish the following facts:

Appellee testified that he resided at Tull in Grant county, and his mailing address was Detonti, Route 1. He began work at appellant’s plant in Benton, Saline county, in January, 1944. While engaged in nailing boxes for appellant, on February 29, 1944, one of' the boxes got…