Britton v. Wabash Railway Co.

There was a general strike of the employees of the defendant in the summer of 1922. Hugh L. Britton (hereinafter called the plaintiff), a young man 18 years of age and weighing about 135 pounds, sought and obtained employment in its machine shops at Montpelier, Ohio. He ha,d theretofore lived on a farm 9 miles from a railroad station, and had ridden on trains but twice and for short distances. He informed the superintendent who hired him that he had had no experience in such work. His wages were fixed at 70 cents an hour for the first 8 hours of each day and $1.05 per hour for overtime. He…