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FARMERS IRRIGATION CO. v. McCOMB

No. 128.

337 U.S. 755 (1949)

FARMERS RESERVOIR & IRRIGATION CO. v. McCOMB, WAGE & HOUR ADMINISTRATOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 27, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank N. Bancroft and John P. Akolt argued the cause for the company. With them on the brief was Walter W. Blood.

Jeter S. Ray argued the cause for the Wage & Hour Administrator. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, William S. Tyson and Bessie Margolin.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE VINSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

The principal question to be decided in this case is whether the employees of a mutual ditch company are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act1 as persons employed in agriculture. The company is the Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Company, a Colorado corporation having an authorized capital stock of $1,050,000 and an authorized bonded indebtedness of ...

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