Peters v. International Harvester Co.

The case is an appeal from an order denying the motion of the defendant for a summary judgment based upon the complaint, the answer, and an affidavit of an agent of the defendant.

The plaintiffs are and at all times involved were employees of the defendant doing piecework and paid a specified amount per piece. The defendant deducted from the amount of their pay for pieces rejected by the defendant for “alleged defective or faulty workmanship” and scrapped the pieces. The two named plaintiffs sue to recover the amount so deducted, basing their action on sec. 103.455, Stats., set out in the…