Pierce v. Concrete Products & Supply Co.

RODGERS, Justice:

This is an action brought against the appellee, Concrete Products & Supply Company, Inc., in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, by the appellant, Preston E. Pierce, to enforce the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29 U.S.C.A. section 216(b)). The appellant sued for the sum of $7,700.-34 alleged to be due him by appellee for unpaid minimum wages, for “an additional equal amount as liquidated damages”, and for reasonable attorney’s fee, pursuant to section 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended. The trial court,…