Norfolk-Portsmouth Newspapers, Inc. v. Stott

The question for decision in this case is whether Mary H. Stott, plaintiff, was entitled to benefit from a series of labor contracts executed between Norfolk-Portsmouth Newspapers, Incorporated, defendant, and the Hampton Roads Newspaper Guild during her term of employment by defendant.

Plaintiff, in a motion for judgment filed December 10, 1958, alleged that she was employed September 1, 1949, by defendant as a news reporter for the Suffolk area at defendant’s Suffolk office “for newspapers owned, published and controlled by defendant, namely, The Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark, and the…