Meridian Laundry Co. Inc. v. James

The appellee brought this action in the circuit court of Lauderdale county against appellant to recover damages for a personal injury alleged to have been received by her in the capacity of servant of appellant through the latter’s negligence. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in her favor in the sum of $5,000, from which judgment appellant prosecutes this appeal.

The ground of appellee’s action is that appellant, in violation of the labor statute governing the working hours of women, Section 4653, Code of 1930', required her to work more than ten hours a day and sixty hours a week,…