Local Union No. 500 of Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators & Paper Hangers v. Wise

DUNCAN, Justice.

The question presented on this appeal is whether an unincorporated labor union, not sued in the first instance, may become liable for a judgment rendered against another unincorporated labor organization, bas.ed upon the first organization’s membership in, or affiliation with, ’the second. *722The question appears to- be one of first impression.

In the latter part of 1949, Gerald Wise filed a suit in the McCracken Circuit Court against Paducah Newspapers, Inc., D. E. Hayes, J. E. Lovvo, and George W. Byrd, members of and representatives of The Paducah Central Labor Union, and The…