Smith v. Linden Station

The complainant sues for overtime pay, liquidated damages and attorneys ’ fees alleged 'to he due him under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U. S. C. A., sec. 201 et seq. The chancellor held that he did not come within the coverage of the'Act and dismissed his bill, and he has appealed.

The ' complainant was employed by the defendant Linden Station as a night watchman from October 15, 1940, to September 1,1943, for twelve hours a day, seven days a* week, at a salary of $100 per month, which was less than the minimum wage fixed for employees engaged in interstate…