Shell Petroleum Corp. v. Earnest

— Appellee brought suit against appellant for wages alleged to be due and unpaid for services rendered as an attendant at a filling station owned and operated by appellant in the city of Indianapolis. Appellee also alleged that he had made demand upon the appellant for the amount due him which demand was refused and asked that a penalty be assessed against appellant as provided by sections 9336 and 9337, Burns 1926.

To this complaint appellant filed an answer in three paragraphs; the first was a general denial, the second admitted the employ of the appellee but alleged that under their…