Cannon V. Miller

Two plaintiffs brought separate actions against identical defendants to recover unpaid wages, overtime compensation, liquidated damages, and attorneys' fees, alleged to be due and owing to plaintiffs, or recoverable by them, respectively, under the provisions of the fair labor standards act of 1938 (52 Stat. 1060 to 1069, incl.; 29 U. S. C. A., §§ 201 to 219, incl.). The causes were consolidated for trial and were heard by the court sitting without a jury. At the conclusion of the evidence, and after taking the matter under advisement, the court made findings and conclusions, upon which it entered a single judgment granting to both of the plaintiffs the relief sought. Defendants appealed, and, upon the appeal, the causes have again been consolidated for hearing and disposition.