Shipley v. Pittsburgh & L. E. R. Co.

GOURLEY, District Judge.

This is an action filed in the first instance by twenty-four (24) named plaintiffs against the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company, each of whom were employees of said Company, a Pennsylvania corporation. Said action is based under a written contract for services performed beyond their ordinary and routine responsibilities, and for such services they claim to be entitled to extra compensation under the provisions of the aforesaid contract, and a recognized universal custom which existed at the time the contract was executed and the services performed.

It is set…