Atherton Mills v. Johnston

The two Johnstons, father and son, citizens of North Carolina, the former in his own right, and as the aiithor ized next friend of his son, filed their bill of complaint April 15, 1919,' against the Atherton Mills, a corporation of the same State. The bill averred that Johnston, the son, was a minor between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years, that Johnston, the father, supporting his son, was entitled to his earnings until he attained his majority, that the son was in the employ of the defendant, that by the terms of the so-called Child Labor Tax Act, approved February 24, 1919, c. 18, §…