Mengel Co. v. Ishee

The appellee Ishee brought this action in the Circuit Court of Jones County against the appellant the Mengel Company, a corporation engaged in the sawmill business, to recover the sum of $668.33 and 100 percent “liquidated damages ’ ’ and reasonable attorney’s fee and costs, which he claimed was due him by the defendant for ‘ ‘ overtime hours” worked by him as one of its employees. The action was brought under the authority of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, commonly called the “Federal Wage and Hour Law,” Act of June 25, 1938, c. 676, 52 Stat. 1060, Title 29 U. S. C. A., Secs. 201-219,…