Legal Opinion

Princeton Coal Co. v. Dorth

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1921No. 23,906PublishedCited by 7 opinions

From Gibson Circuit Court; A. P. Twineham, Special Judge. Action by Charles L. Dorth against the Princeton Coal Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant áppeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1399 Burns 1914, Acts 1901 p. 565.)

1Opinion of the CourtTownsend, J.

Appellee worked as a day laborer in and about appellant’s coal mine from October 15, 1912, until November 30, 1916. There were about 200 other employes at the mine. Appellant paid appellee on the tenth and twenty-fifth of each month for the half month ending ten days previous to the day of payment. §7989a Bums 1914, Acts 1913 p. 47. From time to time during this employment the employes of appellant, including this appellee, made requests for partial payment of wages before the pay days. It was the practice of appellant and known to these employes, and to appellee, that when such payments were…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Fuller v. . KempNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
  2. Fensler v. PratherIndiana Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Stone v. LewmanIndiana Supreme Court · 1867
  4. Fitzgerald v. SmithIndiana Supreme Court · 1849
  5. Wells v. MorrisonIndiana Supreme Court · 1883

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  3. Milburn v. WaggonerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1932
  4. Richert v. SchreiberIndiana Court of Appeals · 1946
  5. Cody v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1932

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