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· 1/21/1907

Fox v. Barksdale

Citations

  • 118 La. 339
  • 42 So. 957
  • 1907 La. LEXIS 722

Syllabus

<p>1. Account — Action on — Petition.</p> <p>A cause of action on an open account is ■set forth with sufficient certainty, where the petition alleges that the defendant owed the plaintiff so much, for the price of merchandise sold on a credit to the defendant in the amounts and at the dates set out in a detailed account annexed to the petition for reference.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 1, Account, Action on, § 8.]</p> <p>2. Novation — What Constitutes.</p> <p>The debt of a commercial firm is not necessarily novated by the acceptance of the joint note of the partners “to represent the purchase price” of goods sold on a credit to the firm.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the FLSA does not provide a remedy for unpaid straight time hours and makes no distinction between pure gap time and overtime gap time
  • “[T]he right to payment of minimum wage under FLSA is the right to ‘on-time’ payment.” (citing Brooklyn Savs. Bank v. O’Neil, 324 U.S. 697, 707 (1945))
  • “[T]he right to payment of minimum wage under FLSA is the right to ‘on-time’ payment.” (citing Brooklyn Savs. Bank v. O’Neil, 324 U.S. 697, 707 (1945))

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