Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. Slocum

Defendant Marion J. Slocum appeals by our permission from a unanimous judgment of the Appellate Division, Third Department, affirming a declaratory judgment of the Supreme Court, Chemung County, which declared that three “ crew-callers ” in the Elmira yard office of the plaintiff railroad “ and the positions held by them and the work assigned to them ” are within plaintiff’s agreement with the above-named clerks’ union. ' The Supreme Court also held that the telegraphers’ union and its meiobers were estopped by their acts and conduct as well as by their agreements from claiming the 1 ‘…