Pinkley v. Allied Oil Corp.

This is an appeal by Allied Oil Corporation of Illinois, appellant, hereinafter called defendant, from a judgment in the sum of $5,810.98, plus attorney’s fee of $500, in a suit brought by J. W. Pinkley, appellee, hereinafter called plaintiff, to recover under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, amounts due for alleged overtime work performed by plaintiff between February 15, 1940 and April 2, 1943. The case was tried by the court, without a jury on amended complaint and answer and amendment thereto.

The pleadings admitted defendant was engaged in the production of goods for commerce and…