Beard v. Board of County Commissioners

Citations

• 63 Kan. 348
• 65 P. 638
• 1901 Kan. LEXIS 148

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Eight-hour Law — Estopped from Claiming Extra Pay. A laborer who contracts to work for a county at a stipulated sum per month, and does work for it during his employment in excess of eight hours per day, but renders accounts for the agreed compensation as a monthly salary, and receives payment as such, without any claim that it is other than full compensation, or other than a monthly salary, cannot thereafter claim an extra allowance for overtime, under chapter 114, Laws of 1891 (Gen. Stat. 1901, §§3827-3830), being an act constituting eight hours a day’s work for the state, the counties, and other political and municipal divisions.</p>