Gray v. Ford, Bacon & Davis, Inc.

Appellant brought this suit to recover from appellee $1,602.67, which he claimed as “reasonable compensation” for certain overtime work. By amendment to his complaint he averred that he did not seek the benefit of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act, that his contract was not in writing and that he could not state the name of the representative with whom he had made his contract of employment.

The answer was a general denial.

The case was tried- before the lower court, a jury being waived. The evidence disclosed that about October 9, 1941, appellant was employed by appellee as “zone foreman”…