Schuster v. Highland Supply & Manufacturing Co.

Lansberry, P. J.,

This is an action in assumpsit instituted in a State court, based upon the Fair Labor Standards Act enacted by the Congress of the United States in which plaintiffs seek to recover overtime pay, the liquidated damages for failure to pay same ánd reasonable counsel fee. By stipulation, the parties waived a jury trial and submitted the issue for trial by the court.

In 1945 defendant, Highland Supply and Manufacturing Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, was organized and began the fabricating of steel oil tanks, most of which were shipped into interstate commerce from its plant…