Purvis v. Local No. 500, United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 52, Oct. T., 1905, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Butler Co., March T., 1904, No. 1, on bill in equity in case of J. L. Purvis and L. O. Purvis, trading as S. G. Purvis & Company, v. L. C. Wick, Local No. 500, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America et al. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Galbreath, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 52, Oct. T., 1905, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Butler Co., March T., 1904, No. 1, on bill in equity in case of J. L. Purvis and L. O. Purvis, trading as S. G. Purvis & Company, v. L. C. Wick, Local No. 500, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America et al. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Galbreath, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court entered the following decree : That the defendants (not including L. C. Wick) and each and every of them, their officers, committees, agents, employees, servants, members, associates,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
The zeal of counsel may account for, but can hardly excuse, the statement in appellants’ paper-book of the questions involved on this appeal. Thej' are there stated to be: “ Is the dissemination by means of printed notices by a lawfully constituted lodge of union laborers to its members and employers of labor, of its adopted rules by virtue of its constitution forbidding its members to work non-union material, an unlawful conspiracy ? Is it lawful by peaceful means to make effective such rules ? ” From an examination of the averments of plaintiffs’ bill, the ample…
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