Showalter v. Ehlan

Citations

• 5 Pa. Super. 242
• 1897 Pa. Super. LEXIS 226

Syllabus

<p>Contract — Cause of action — Payment in goods purchased by a miner.</p> <p>No recovery can be had nor is a cause of action disclosed under the Act of May 20, 1891, P. L. 96, when it appears that the plaintiff, who sued to recover wages, worked as a coal miner for defendants, and according to the course of dealings between the parties was fully paid for his labor, partly in money and partly by goods voluntarily purchased by Mm from defendants’ store.</p> <p>Statutes — Constitutional law — Company stores.</p> <p>The attempt of the Act of May 20, 1891, P. L. 96, to prevent employers and employees from making their own contracts is merely a repetition of what was vainly sought to be done by the Act of June 29, 1881, P. L. 147, and therefore is invalid.</p>