Kelley v. Southern Pacific Company

OPINION

FRASER, Chief Justice.

This case is on appeal from the District Court of El Paso County, Texas, and is a suit brought by the appellant, who was plaintiff in the court below, to recover damages from the appellee alleging that appellee had breached a written contract of employment by discharging appellant wrongfully and without just cause. Appellant was a former chair car porter or “train porter” employed by the appellee railroad. Appellee moved the District Court to dismiss the action contending that the matter is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the National Railroad Adjustment…