HOLLYWOOD CREDIT CLOTHING CO., INC. v. JONES

No. 1672.

117 A.2d 226 (1955)

HOLLYWOOD CREDIT CLOTHING CO., Inc., a corporation, Appellant, v. Gladys JONES, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided October 6, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin L. Newmyer, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Jack Politz, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

James H. Heller, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


CAYTON, Chief Judge.

We are called upon to decide whether the value of room and meals furnished by an employer to a domestic servant is to be included as part of salary or earnings under our Wage Exemption statute.

Congress has declared exempt from attachment, "The earnings, salary * * * not otherwise exempted, not to exceed $200 each month * * * of any person * * who provides the principal support of a family * * *." Code 1951, Supp. III, 15-403.

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