Legal Opinion
Crowell v. Palmer
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 9, 1948PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtElls, J.
Twenty-one carmen working out of the Hartford division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad brought this action for breach of contract and for tort in the nature of a civil conspiracy against the trustees of the company and Local No. 1435 of the Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. They sought damages and an injunction. After the plaintiffs had presented their evidence and had rested their case, the trial court granted a motion for a nonsuit on the grounds that the plaintiffs had not made out a prima facie case entitling them to…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Ball v. T. J. Pardy Construction Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- Lasprogato v. LasprogatoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1941
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- United Aircraft Corp. v. International Ass'n of MachinistsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
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