Canfield v. Moreschi

Two actions have been consolidated and tried together before the court without a jury. One involves the validity of certain elections held for Local 17 of the International Hod Carriers ’ Union, and the other involves & charge that the International and individual defendants conspired to illegally take over the management • and affairs of Local 17 and deprive its members of their union rights and privileges, and particularly the right of self-government. Local 17 is a labor union with its principal office at Newburgh, N. Y., and prior to 1937 had between two and three hundred members. It was…