Strauss v. Steiner

This is a motion for a temporary injunction. Plaintiff conducts a retail meat business employing twenty-six to twenty-eight men. Defendant is a labor union functioning in the butcher trade. The latter has installed pickets at plaintiffs’ place of business. To be relieved of that condition plaintiff seeks the injunction.

Defendants oppose the motion and cross-move for a dismissal of the complaint on the ground that plaintiffs have not complied with the conditions precedent required by section 876-a of the Civil Practice Act. The rejoinder of plaintiffs is that section 876-a has no application…