Printable Format44-307.
History: L. 1911, ch. 219, § 1; R.S. 1923, 44-307; Repealed, L. 1973, ch. 203, § 1; July 1.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Payment by corporations of laborers' wages on leaving employ constitutional. Livingston v. Oil Co., 113 Kan. 702, 704, 216 P. 296.
2. Recovery of wages due held properly allowed; recovery of penalties denied. Southern Kan. Stage Lines v. Webb, 141 Kan. 476, 478, 41 P.2d 1025.
3. Giving of written notice and demand for payment essential to recovery under K.S.A. 44-308. Hurt v. Edgell, 147 Kan. 234, 239, 75 P.2d 834.
4. Inapplicable where honest dispute exists as to amount due. Gawthrop v. Missouri Pac. Rly. Co., 147 Kan. 756, 757, 758, 78 P.2d 854.
5. Written notice and demand for payment prerequisite to action hereunder. Gawthrop v. Missouri Pac. Rly. Co., 147 Kan. 756, 757, 758, 78 P.2d 854.
6. Written demand conforming to act essential to recovery of penalties. Brewer v. Kansas Electric Power Co., 148 Kan. 434, 439, 83 P.2d 103.
7. Written demand must be addressed to foreman or person in charge and prescribe place of payment. Riley v. Mayrath Machinery Co., 192 Kan. 120, 121, 123, 386 P.2d 210.
8. Penalty provisions did not violate due process clause of the constitution of the United States. Holt v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 217 Kan. 56, 57, 60, 61, 535 P.2d 450.
9. Where good-faith dispute over contractual deductions, penalty provisions do not apply. Holt v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 217 Kan. 56, 57, 60, 61, 535 P.2d 450.