Drum v. Omaha Steel Works

This is a compensation case. The employer appeals from the award made by the trial court. The employer was the contractor to construct a bridge over the Loup river south of Columbus. It was a federal aid project and the contract provided that certain provisions of the emergency relief and construction act should be applicable to the work. One of the provisions both of the federal law and the contract was that skilled labor should not be per*274mitted to work more than 30 hours in any one week and that the minimum wage for skilled labor should be 50 cents an hour.

The important consideration here,…