Whitehead v. E. J. Deas Co.

The plaintiff, on October 9, 1926, filed this action, in which he alleges that he had been employed by the defendant as night operator of a machine used in excavation work for three nights of ten hours each (October 3rd, 4th and 5th) at the rate of ninety cents- per hour, and that he had been discharged and that, the defendant had refused to pay him the amount of wages due, or twenty-seven dollars, after demand, and prayed for judgment for the amount of wages alleged to be due, and penalties under Act No. 150 of 1920.

The defendant, in answer, admitted that the plaintiff had been employed to…