Watkins v. City of Seattle

Plaintiff, in his own behalf and as assignee of the claims of six fellow employees, brought suit against the city of Seattle (1) for the recovery of wages that would have been earned by them as auto truck drivers during certain periods of time when they were laid off from work which, in the meanwhile, was performed by men classified as laborers, and (2) for the recovery of the difference between the amounts which they should have received as the wages of truck drivers and the amounts which were actually paid them as the wages of laborers. The cause was tried to the court and resulted in a…