M. P. Sams v. E. M. Beckworth and Archie Beaty, Individually and D/B/A Hi-Way Auto Wreckng& Supply Co.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

This is another case involving Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 201-219, coverage of employees of wrecked auto parts companies, and is in many respects similar to Mitchell v. Jaffe, 5 Cir., 1958, 261 F.2d 883. It differs from Jaffe primarily in that the sole Employee before the Court in this case is a watchman, M. P. Sams. We are not presently concerned with coverage of employees actually engaged in stripping salable parts from the wrecked bodies, or otherwise handling the scrap that eventually finds its way into interstate commerce.

Although the facts are…