Seelyville Coal & Mining Co. v. McGlosson
Seelyville Coal & Mining Co. v. McGlosson
Opinion of the Court
Appellee sued for wages for work and labor in a coal mine.
The facts found by the court are, in substance: Appellant was an Indiana corporation during the years 1901 and 1902. Appellee was employed by appellant as a laborer
As a conclusion of law the court stated that appellee is entitled to recover the sum of $58.99 for his labor, and the further sum of $117.98 as the penalty thereon, and the sum of $50 as his attorney’s fees — in all the sum of $226.97.
If this action is brought under §§7056, 7057 Burns 1901, Acts 1885, p. 36, §§1, 2, the judgment, as argued by appellant’s counsel, should he reversed upon the authority of Chicago, etc., R. Co. v. Glover (1902), 159 Ind. 166, and Toledo, etc., R. Co. v. Long (1903), 160 Ind. 564. But the above act makes provision for the payment of wages monthly, and the special findings show that the proceedings evidently were had under the statute providing for the pay
Section 7065, supra (section one of said act), provides: “That every corporation, association, company, firm or person engaged, in this State, in mining coal, ore or other mineral, or quarrying stone, or in manufacturing iron, steel, lumber, staves, heading, barrels, brick, tile machinery, agricultural or mechanical implements, or any article of merchandise, shall pay each employe of such corporation, company, association, firm or person, if demanded, at least once, every two weeks, the amount due such employe for labor, and such payment shall be in lawful money of the United States, and any contract to the contrary shall be void.” Section 7068 Burns 1901, Acts 1887, p. 13, §4, provides: “Every corporation, company, association, firm or person who shall fail for ten days after demand of payment has been made to pay employes for their labor, in conformity with the provisions of this act, shall be liable to such employe for the full value of his labor, to which shall be added a penalty of $1 for each succeeding day, not exceeding double the amount of wages due, and a reasonable attorney’s fee, to be recovered in a civil action and collectible without relief.”
It is not claimed by counsel that the case is not made out under the above sections, but it is argued that the act is unconstitutional. Eor the determination of that question the case must be transferred to the Supreme Court, and it is so ordered.
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