United Mine Workers of America v. Coronado Coal Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the< Western District of Arkansas; James D. Elliott, Judge. Action by the Coronado Coal Company and others against the United Mine Workers of America and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants bring error. This was an action by two receivers oí nine corporations appointed by tlie court below in one proceeding in equity, in which these nine corporations were defendants.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the< Western District of Arkansas; James D. Elliott, Judge. Action by the Coronado Coal Company and others against the United Mine Workers of America and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants bring error. This was an action by two receivers oí nine corporations appointed by tlie court below in one proceeding in equity, in which these nine corporations were defendants. Tho basis of the action is to recover damages for the destruction of the property of these corporations in the possession of the receivers, they being engaged in…
1Opinion of the CourtTrieber, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The record is very voluminous, covering over 3,400 printed pages. There are 184 assignments of error, but counsel in their briefs and oral arguments only insisted upon those hereinafter mentioned, and we will therefore confine this opinion to those assignments and in the order presented by counsel.
[1] 1. The defendants insist that it was error to hold the unions which were made defendants as entities, against which an action could be instituted, process had, and judgment recovered; they being unincorporated labor unions.
This question was determined by this…
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