Duke v. Ford, Bacon & Davis, Inc.

Plaintiff brought this suit under Act No. 150 of 1920, to recover the sum of $10.50 for the half of the day of March 25 and the whole of March 26, 1931, which he alleges he actually worked as an employee of defendant, at $7 per day. Plaintiff also sues for the additional sum of $7 per day for each day after March 26, 1931, until defendant shall pay or tenders payment of “the full amount due your petitioner on the date of such payment or tender.” This additional sum sued for is claimed as penalties under the act referred to, upon the alleged ground that plaintiff was employed by defendant as…