Gordon v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen

The parties are before this court in the same order in which they appeared in the district court, and for convenience are designated as plaintiff and defendant, or by name.

Plaintiff, Gordon, was a member of defendant organization, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, when he sustained an injury in 1924 which resulted in the amputation of his right leg seven inches below the knee and a serious injury to his right arm. He was adjudged to be totally and permanently dis abled, and to have a pensionable status under the pension system then existing and in operation in. the…