Sams v. Beckworth

SHEEHY, Chief Judge.

This case arises under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (Title 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq.), hereinafter referred to as the Act.

At all times pertinent hereto the defendants owned and operated in Tyler, Texas, a business known as the Hi-Way Auto Wrecking & Supply Company, hereinafter referred to as the Wrecking Company. Plaintiff, a former employee of the defendants, instituted this suit under the Act seeking to recover alleged unpaid minimum and overtime wages, liquidated damages and attorneys fees.

The facts, as found, are as hereinafter stated.

The defendants in the…