Collins v. Kidd

DAVIDSON, District Judge.

This is a suit by the complainants under the Wage and Hour Law, commonly known as the Fair Labor Standards Act, § 1 et seq., 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq. The defendants, Earl Kidd and others, unincorporated, doing business under the name of Kidd Dairy & Ice Company, operate a small, independent ice plant in the City of Texarkana, Texas. The complainants, Norman Collins and others, were employees of the said defendants. It is charged that the defendants are engaged in interstate commerce, and as such come within the provisions of the Act.

The defendants deny that they are…