Legal Opinion
Broussard v. Melong
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 1, 1948PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
This is an action of contract to recover the value of personal services, brought in the District Court of East Norfolk. After a finding for the plaintiff, questions of law raised by the denial of the defendants’ requests 1, 2, 3 and 4 were reported to the Appellate Division. From findings of fact made by the judge it appears that the plaintiff was employed by the defendants to work as a cook in a diner at a wage of ninety-four cents per hour for an eight hour day, six days a week. Without the mention of any rate of pay, she was told by the defendants that she would be paid for overtime. She…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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