Deardorf v. Hunter

The question in this case is whether the Act 150 of 1920 (p. 229), which says that any employer of labor, who discharges an employee and fails to pay him within 24 hours after he demands his wages at the usual place of payment, shall be liable for the wages from the time of the demand until the wages are paid or tendered, is so peremptory as to forbid any equitable consideration or defense.

There were four other suits like this, brought by laborers for sums ranging from $25 to $40, for wages due them, and for the penalty provided by the Act 150 of 1920; all of the suits being against the same…