Legal Opinion
Fountain v. St. Joseph Water Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided March 6, 1944No. 38745PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHyde, J.
This is an action under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 [U. S. C. A., Title 29, Chap. 8, Secs. 201-219] to recover overtime compensation, liquidated damages and attorney’s fees. (Sec. 216.) The court found for defendant on the ground “that defendant is a retail or service establishment the greater part of whose selling or servicing is in intrastate commerce within the meaning of Sec. 13(a)(2)” of the Act [29 IT. S. C. A. 213 (a) (2)]. Plaintiffs have appealed. Our jurisdiction is invoked because of the amount involved.
The parties agreed upon most of the facts but some evidence was…
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