Dean v. Gadsden Times Publishing Corp.

Petitioner sued respondent, his employer, to recover compensation lost as a result of the employee’s being required to serve as a juror. An Alabama statute provides that an employee excused for jury duty “shall be entitled to his usual compensation received from such employment less the fee or compensation he received for serving” as a juror. Ala. Code of 1940, Tit. 30, §7(1) (Supp. 1971). It appears that petitioner served on a jury, received pay for the jury duty and submitted a bill of $63 to respondent, the difference between his regular wages and his jury pay. Respondent refused to pay;…