JOHNSON v. DIERKS LUMBER & COAL CO.

No. 12224.

130 F.2d 115 (1942)

JOHNSON et al. v. DIERKS LUMBER & COAL CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

July 23, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Cazort, Jr., of Little Rock, Ark. (Osro Cobb, of Little Rock, Ark., on the brief), for appellants.

Chas. E. Whittaker, of Kansas City, Mo. (Scott Wood and E. H. Wootton, both of Hot Springs, Ark., and Henry N. Ess and Watson, Ess, Groner, Barnett & Whittaker, all of Kansas City, Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before STONE, SANBORN, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs from a judgment entered on a verdict directed by the court upon its own motion. The suit was brought by Johnson, Gunter and Veazey, three employees of the defendant Dierks Lumber and Coal Company, to recover unpaid overtime compensation and liquidated damages under § 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 52 Stat. 1069, 29 U.S.C.A. § 216(b).

The defendant is a Delaware corporation engaged...

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