Wright v. Salt River Valley Water Users' Ass'n

GORDON, Judge.

Appellant, G. L. Wright, as plaintiff brought an action in the Superior Court in Maricopa County to recover for unpaid wages, liquidated damages and attorney’s fees under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 as amended, Title 29, U.S.C.A. §§ 201 et seq. He appeals from a judgment entered in favor of defendant after a trial to the court.

For some years prior and from April 1, 1954 until April 1, 1956, the period in question, plaintiff was employed by defendant as a gate operator at the north gates of Granite Reef Dam in Maricopa County, some 35 miles from Phoenix, Arizona. One…