Pillatos v. Hyde

This action was instituted to recover wages alleged to be due for labor performed for defendants by plaintiff in a coal mine in King county. Trial of the cause to the court resulted in findings of fact and judgment in favor of plaintiff. Defendants appealed.

The facts are as follows: Samuel Hyde, who later organized a domestic corporation (Hyde Mines, Inc.) for exploitation of a coal mine in King county, employed respondent September 15, 1938, as a laborer in that mine which Hyde then held under option for lease. October 15, 1938, which was prior to the incorporation of the coal mine, Samuel…