Clevenger v. W. M. Ritter Lumber Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

B. W. Clevenger, a former employee of W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, brought this action on August 20, 1941, to recover overtime compensation under the wage and hour provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. 29 U. S. C. A., sec. 201 et seq. He alleged in his petition that the defendant, W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, was engaged in interstate commerce and operated a lumber and logging camp in Perry county, Kentucky; that he was employed as cook in the logging camp of the defendant from April 15, 1939, to December 20, 1940, and, under his…