James Messmer and Elizabeth Messmer V‪.‬

Defendant-employers appeal the trial court's award of $4480 to plaintiff in his suit for back wages. We affirm. Plaintiff James Messmer worked as a carpenter for defendants for approximately five years. Defendants paid him a wage of $8.00 per hour. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence indicates that on July 14, 1989, defendants owed plaintiff six weeks back pay, or $1920. Plaintiff received $640 from defendants on July 14, $320 in late July, and $960 in August, for a total of $1920. Plaintiff testified that he applied this money to the amount past due. No evidence indicates that defendants told him at the time that those amounts were for work being currently performed.