MINTON, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff-appellant, Arch J. Bergschneider, sued the defendant-appellee, the Peabody Coal Company, in the District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, Southern Division, to recover overtime pay, liquidated damages, and attorney's fees alleged to be due him pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 216(b).
When the Act went into effect on October 24, 1938, the plaintiff was working for...
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