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In any action brought by a laborer against an employer for the recovery of any amount due him for wages, the defendant cannot file any setoff or counter claim to reduce the amount of the claim, based on the fact that he delivered merchandise on account of said wages, or that said merchandise was furnished to the laborer through any warehouse, deposit, store or other establishment of the employer; nor may the defendant file any such setoff or counter claim for any merchandise which may have been supplied to the laborer by any other person, on the strength of orders or instructions from the defendant, or from his agent or attorney. History —Apr. 17, 1931, No. 17, p. 194, § 4, eff. 90 days after Apr. 17, 1931.