Adkins v. Campbell Brown & Co.

HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.

This is an action, heard by the Court, to recover minimum wages, overtime compensation, and an additional equal amount as liquidated damages and reasonable counsel fees, under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 206-219. Jurisdiction is conferred by 28 U.S.C.A. § 1337. The first question which must be decided is whether plaintiff was, during the periods and times of alleged employment, an employee within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The plaintiff, Buell Adkins, a one-time resident of Ranger, West…