Spier v. Gulf Coast Beverages, Inc.

BARKER, District Judge.

The complaint in this cause was filed by five plaintiffs, all former employees of the defendant corporation, seeking to recover compensation for alleged overtime, in various amounts, claimed to be due them by the defendant, under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq.; an amended complaint was filed and also an amended answer.

In its amended answer the defendant avers: That it is a corporation, organized as a bottling company, to do only a local and intrastate business, and that its principal business is that of bottling and selling soft drinks…